«Me» - The problem isn't with
teaching about Creationism, but with teaching it AS SCIENCE, which it is not.
I don't think anyone is saying not to
teach them about creationism, but teach them about evolution as fact so they understand how we actually came to be.
Not exact matches
I've said nothing
about teaching creationism,
about putting on Christmas pageants of most of the other crap you've blathered on
about.
And I guess you «don't care»
about teaching Creationism in public schools because you aren't in public school anymore.
When Santorum or Rick Perry was the nominee it was all
about social issues and bringing us back to being a «Christian nation» in good standing with God for the Republicans, we heard a never ending drumbeat
about abortion, prayer in schools,
teaching creationism, and trying to end funding for planned parenthood, even stopping the funding of birth control.
You don't have to go very far down that road before you start thinking
about creation science or scientific
creationism, or get involved in school board squabbles
about whether Genesis should be
taught alongside of evolution in high school biology courses.
Now, as to the matter of
teaching creationism in schools, I don't think it's a particularly good idea however, I also think that Darwinism needs to be
taught as a theory and that children need to be
taught about the strengths and weaknesses of the theory.
I wonder then why Mr. Nye is wasting so much oxygen complaining
about the great «harm» the
teaching of
Creationism does to children... though I may not personally agree with the tenets of
Creationism, I do believe in the right of parents to pass their personal religious beliefs on to their children - whether those beliefs are Christian, Hindu, Muslim, etc....
Billy... remember the road you are preparing... if
creationism is «bad» for our children... then,
teaching about any God is «bad» for our children.
I can give you links to PLENTY OF EVIDENCE of EVOLUTION, and the uproar
about Creationism being
taught at public schools, but I am pretty certain, you wont bother to check them.
Questions were asked
about why it took the government so long to impose the bar on
creationism, given concerns
about it being
taught were raised as soon as the academies programme was introduced.
«Clauses 2.43 and 2.44 of the funding agreement... explicitly require that pupils are
taught about the theory of evolution, and prevent academy trusts from
teaching «
creationism» as scientific fact.
They explicitly require that pupils are
taught about the theory of evolution, and prevent academy trusts from
teaching «
creationism» as scientific fact.
Sadly, the debate today is not
about how to create the best courses that reflect the wonders and excitement of modern biology but rather over whether to
teach creationism.
But how upset should one really be
about the AP report from Louisiana that some of the private schools participating in the Pelican State's new voucher program «
teach creationism and reject evolution»?
From 2005 to 2007, Kansas science standards promoted Intelligent Design and «
Teaching the Controversy»
about evolution and
creationism.
However, one might well ask: What
about the heated disagreements over how to
teach reading and math, American history, science (evolution or
creationism?)
For example, biology professors are not allowed
teach creationism or intelligent design as an alternative to evolution because only evolution conforms to what we know
about reality.