Hey, if you want to talk philosophy, great, but do it in philosophy class, not science class.
Here in Atlanta (well right outside, in Newt's old district) a judge has just ruled that Cobb County cannot put a sticker on books saying that evolution is a theory - i don't get that. it is a theory. It is currently the best theory to explain observable facts but it is a theory. So is Einstein's theory of relativity.
Of course I also don't undertand those who cling to the idea that the earth is only 10,000 years old.
What kind of distinction is that? Without a purpose YOU cannot distinguish a Mengele from a Salk. You must teach ethics and a moral philosophy or be counted as evil or fools. For that is is dynamics -- if you do not teach morality -- it only takes a few years to so degrade.
The so-called "scientists" who promote the notion that man is a product of billions of years of evolutionary change are themselves shameless, self-appointed arbiters of a philosophy. Couched in terms to make them appear "scientific," they have thrown a suffocating mantle of ignorance upon the process of education. Whatever it is that drives them it is not truth. Bestowing the name "scientist" upon those who are incapable of dustinguishing between reasonable conjecture and fact is par for the course where their priests and cheerleaders are concerned. Fortunately a good many folks tire of being played for fools.