Posted on 12/23/2008 2:38:26 PM PST by CE2949BB
More than a quarter of science teachers in state schools believe that creationism should be taught alongside evolution in science lessons, according to a national poll of primary and secondary teachers.
The Ipsos/Mori poll of 923 primary and secondary teachers found that 29% of science specialists agreed with the statement: "Alongside the theory of evolution and the Big Bang theory, creationism should be TAUGHT in science lessons"
Some 65% of science specialists disagreed with the statement. When asked if creationism should be "discussed" alongside evolution and the Big Bang 73% of science specialists agreed.
That such a large minority of science teachers advocate teaching creationism has dismayed prominent scientists who believe supernatural explanations for the origin of the universe have no place in school science lessons. Professor Richard Dawkins, Britain's best-known evolutionary biologist and a leading secularist, called the findings "a national disgrace".
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I would have to know a lot more about the poll, especially the TYPE of scientists before I would accept this as anything other than, at best, anecdotal.
Real scientists know that Creationism, while an interesting belief, meets exactly zero criteria of a scientific theory.
And that doesn’t even address the issue of whose creationism should be taught. Christian? Shinto? Hindu? Wicca? islam? Other then the group size of the adherents, how does one objectively determine which is the proper “alternate?”
75% would and do teach that the world is an accident caused by Karl Marx and a meteor from the lost planet Utopio.
I would be happy to start my own planet.
I’ll never, ever swallow the notion we evolved from apes...however; I’m not so sure I’d like gubmit school teachers teaching anything to do with my beliefs as a Christian....
Not unexpected, considering that nearly half of all people are below average.
Are 25% of British primary and secondary teacher Muslims? How many of that 25% are British Christians and how many are British Muslims?
Fair is fair. If we let the govt to introduce specific religions into schools, they can (and will) select religions that completely contravene the parents' belief systems.
... and out come the anti-Christians, loving to trash God and His creation. So eager for any morsel that suggests that those who believe God created “all this” are ignorant, unscientific, uninformed, easily led, yada yada....
Translated: Stupid people believe creation, smart people believe evolution.
Not very subtle.
Nothing like the arrogance of people who think they have all the answers.
... and then we have the Christians who expose their unfamiliarity with the Holy Scriptures by suggesting that God used cycles of death to bring about “good.”
“Fair is fair. If we let the govt to introduce specific religions into schools, they can (and will) select religions that completely contravene the parents’ belief systems.”
They already have.....Evolution/Darwinism, Global Warming...the list goes on and on....
*Creationism* pretty much by default means the creation account from the Bible.
Even the evos acknowledge that in practice because the minute someone says something about *created* they get labeled as a YEC, 6 Day, 6,000 year ago, Bible literalist.
The only time other creation accounts come into question is in this situation to complicate it by demanding an all or nothing scenario to keep it out of the public schools.
Given the state of science teaching in state schools: namely that most of those teachers of science are not scientists, and that most of them are likely lazy liberals, of course they would like to not have to teach science any more. Day one -- God did it. The rest of the school year is study hall.
Not "scientists". "Primary and secodary science teachers".
Not sure if the UK school system operatates like many of ours, where in the primary grades the same teacher covers all the subjects, and if so were they included as "science teachers".
Yup. You said it about yourself, I didn’t.
You can’t pick and chose with science.
Then cloning plants and many scientific medical advances, ie gene therapy can also go into the trash.
I’m a Christian who believes in evolution and it in no way contradicts my religious beliefs. My God is big enough to handle evolution.
Hard to believe that the stomping grounds of Chuck is more "forgiving" of deviation from the dogma than the U.S. is. Here even a sticker saying keep an open mind is verboten.
You'll make that conclusion based on a report that 73% of them think it should be "discussed", without knowing what they think should be said about it?
In UK Creationist Christians and Muslims combined wouldn't total 29% (the actual figure of agreers). Restrict it to teachers and the total would be even lower.
However I am prepared to believe that 29% of teachers are maroons
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