[Elijah27]

"I think that all theories of beginnings should be studied in school" Would this include the American Indian belief that life was begun on the back of a turtle? How about ancient Egyptian theories..or Aztec...or the space seed theory...or any of the other thousands of "how we got started" theories? Where do you draw the line of what is a credible theory? Popularity? Oldcats

Odd that you mention "space-seed theory". Isn't that one of the more popular beliefs in evolutionary circles? At least it seems to be more discussed as difficulties surrounding origins force theorists to push the beginning "out there" somewhere.

I stated that the frameworks that should be discussed within classrooms have reputable scientific data that support the contentions. The Creationist framework does indeed have such scientific data, and to my knowledge none of the other positions you have posted do.

Again, the strawmen abound in the statements you have made. The Bible contains unique claims about God, the world, and itself. Most archeological digs use its text as a starting point of discovery, and time and again it has been proven accurate (unlike many other ancient texts).

This in and of itself does not prove that other texts are invalid or that archeology should only focus on the information contained within the Bible. However, a collection of writings that has been shown to be extremely accurate historically is worthy of note when studying origins, especially when this otherwise-extremely-accurate text gives you information about those origins.

[oldcats]

You said..."The Creationist framework does indeed have such scientific data"
First we must set up some guidelines...What do you concider scientific data?
As for much in the Bible being "extremely accurate historically"...Hmmmm....where in ancient Egyptian texts are Jewish slaves mentioned, much less their exodus from slavery? No place. Where is the acheological evidence of the Tower of Babel..Noah's Ark?
Perhaps the reason that the archeological data matches what the Bible says is that the stories were written after the fact? Remember that even the oldest "copies" of the Old Testament are still much much younger than the actual events they portray.
Oldcats