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We've all seen it in these threads and responded with a great breadth of knowledge

Yes, and the problem is that in spite of all of the well-reasoned and informed corrections that are provided to every creationist misconception and flat-out lie that gets dredged up here, less than a week later we're sure to see some of them cropping back up again.

That's why this is problematic in a public school environment. Even if the instructor is capable of addressing every question brought forth, what are the chances that the same questions founded in the same ignorance are going to be popping up week after week by students who, like the creationists here, refuse to learn?

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I think of it like mowing the grass. It's somehting that needs to be done every week.