But... when it comes to science it does not belong. It doesn't matter which one is "right", what matters is that you teach/practice religion on your own time. Just because creationism is considered pro-christian doesn't mean the opposite, evolution, is anti-christian. It's not religious at all. I don't believe the argument that if you teach evolution you have to offer creation as well holds any ground because of that fact. Science says, 'look we found this and this, it seems to work like this, what do you think?' If you want to look at that evidence and believe creation, fine, but creation is NOT A SCIENCE. Heck, you don't have to believe the conclusions of science, but you can't deny the observations and tests that have been done. If there are 10 stones on the ground, and I tell you that, and then you tell me God only made 8 well.... ok, there's 10 sitting there, maybe the other two rolled over there, whatever, it doesn't matter, what matters is I can see the 10 stones. You don't have to believe the reason I think they are there, but it's observable and testable (turn around, yup, still there.) Unless you want to assume the scientists are all liars, which is pointless for argument because anyone could say the same for religion.
The term science just doesn't fit and I'm sick of semantics dominating discussion because two sides are using the same word but defining it differently. Science is not 'better' than religion, it's apples to oranges, they just aren't in the same category to make statements like that. If people want creationism taught, then do it in church.
And I don't care what you're arguing for, any time I read statements like this from people...
Already, the board is dominated by a far-right faction deeply concerned with promoting political and religious ideologies. In recent years, the board has rejected one textbook that taught about global warming—calling it "junk science" and "anti-capitalist"—and forced the publisher of another to replace a picture of a woman carrying a briefcase with a picture of a woman baking a cake. Board member Terri Leo has accused "liberal New York publishers" of inserting "stealth" homosexual messages into textbooks, and Republican David Bradley of Beaumont, the de facto leader of the far-right faction, once criticized an algebra book because it had pictures, recipes and references to Vietnam in it he considered inappropriate for the subject matter. Knowing that legally he could not reject a book on these grounds, he ripped the cover off. "Ladies and gentlemen," he said, tossing pieces of the cover to both sides of his chair, "worthless binding. I reject this book."
...I know we aren't working with people open to new thought, compromise, or other people's opinions. I'd be pissed if those people had that attitude towards creationism. It's just wrong. You can't constructively debate with people unwilling to listen to, AND attempt to understand, their opposition. I don't want people who think like that making any decision that strongly affects me.
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