[CarolinaGuitarman]

"Is the author saying we cannot discuss that question in school because it is religious in nature? It does not conflict with science since it has no answer for that question. So what are we supposed to teach?"

We should teach religion in a science class because science doesn't have a particular answer yet?

"Since spontaneous generation is obviously false, what other choice is there besides Creation, whether thought of religiously or not."

Abiogenesis is not spontaneous generation; as it is the only theory with any scientific credibility that concerns the origins of life, that would be the only choice. Or the class could be told that scientists don't know yet.

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We should teach religion in a science class because science doesn't have a particular answer yet?

I guess what I am saying is if someone in a science class asks such a question, shouldn't the teacher be able to at least say something like "many people's religion says they were created and science does not have an answer?"

Abiogenesis is not spontaneous generation; as it is the only theory with any scientific credibility that concerns the origins of life, that would be the only choice

I guess I do not understand why abiogenesis is not spontaneous generation?