[SedVictaCatoni]

Why should a religious story be taught outside of a religious studies class at all? Further, Genesis is not the only "creation" story out there.

Shrug, no kidding. But I figured it would be a good compromise to let kids listen to an hour of highly allegorical Jewish mythology, and then settle in to the alternate explanation of evolution.

Nobody seems much interested in compromises, though.

[new cruelty]

I'm all for teaching both.

[Dimensio]

I don't like the idea of teaching a non-scientific explanation as science. I'd rather keep the religious myths outside of the science classroom, except as for presenting historical context.

[Doctor Stochastic]

And at least an hour of Navajo mythology, an hour of Hopi mythology, an hour of Tewa mythology, an hour of Zuni mythology, an hour of Apache mythology, etc. Then we can move out of New Mexico and into Utah for an hour of Ute mythology....

It would be a good way of being multicultural and anti-science at the same time; thus satisfying both Liberal and Conservative viewpoints.