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To: Darkwolf377
Creationism is a competing theory with evolution, so why not have it taught? Do history teachers only teach one side's position in a war, and just refer to "the enemy"?

Well, no. Teaching creationism is the functional equivalent of teaching an alternative version of history in which the United States bombed Japan at Pearl Harbor, not the other way around. And that's just wrongheaded. Creationism, like the idea that maybe the United States really attacked Japan, is not supported by any available evidence. So while some people may believe that, it has no business being taught in schools.

654 posted on 08/02/2005 1:02:21 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one’s nose.-Heine)
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To: Alter Kaker
Teaching creationism is the functional equivalent of teaching an alternative version of history in which the United States bombed Japan at Pearl Harbor, not the other way around.

Nope. Teaching Creationism--or should I say, explaining the reasoning behind Creationism--is no more radical than explaining that the JAPANESE thought they had the right to attack Pearl Harbor, to use your example. But it's a bad example. Explaining Creationism is not only logical, but necessary in teaching Evolution, as the questions raised by Creationism can be easily knocked down BY Evolutionary theory. It's all part of the learning process; you don't just say 'Here's Evolution, and I'm not going to tell you all about the huge uproar it caused because that would be giving weight to Creationism." That's retarded.

830 posted on 08/02/2005 3:35:10 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Dean won't call UBL guilty without a trial, but thinks DeLay and Rove should be in jail)
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