Should creationism be taught in schools?

Yes 33%

No 67%

http://www.cnn.com/

or is it because it's early back east? :shrug: I voted.

but not with my tax dollar.

with a poll just reinforces my resolve to never again tune in to CNN.

Thanks for posting it.

not as part of science though.

In the same class that teaches Roman, Greek, Nordic, Sumarian, etc. creationist mythology. It's quite an eye-opener actually to see how all the myths, popular at different times by those worshiping different gods and goddesses, are so similar.

What's also interesting is to see the shift away from a goddess mother to a war-like male god as the creator.

Give that Roy a Kewpie Doll!
Thanks for getting there ahead of me.
Props to the Roy.

that the same geniuses who want creationism taught in schools also think tobacco's link to cancer is "junk science"?

Every biology teacher should do a week's lesson on creationism and show how it is not a science - that it takes into assumption what it wants to prove, and creationists then work backwards looking only for evidence to support what they believe and discard everything else while science is supposed to work the opposite way. Then show what the theory of evolution has provided us - genetic research, etc. compared with creationism... Uh, crazy fundamentalists.

They want creationism taught? Fine.

TlalocW

don't even realize evolution is IN Genesis. But leave it to the Fundies to ignore that little fact.

No they should keep their Fairy Tales for bedtime.

Should creationism be taught in schools. Can it be proven through science and historical FACT? If so, yes.

can be proven through historical FACT. But you won't find it in any textbook -- or on CNN, for that matter.

about a district in Wisconsin that is now including creationism as part of their science curriculum.

Social Darwinism, but not evolution! But, then they're also pro-life and pro-death penalty, as well as being draft dodgers and war-mongers. Why should I be suprised?

how many people out there in the homeland believe that creationism should be taught as science.

In the National Geographics current issue, there's big article about Darwin's theory of evolution and asks and tries to answer the question "Was Darwin right?". very good piece.

I agree with this view from the Nation Academy of Science about teaching religion as science.
"No body of beliefs that has its origin in doctrinal material rather than scientific observation, interpretation, and experimentation should be admissible as science in any science course. Incorporating the teaching of such doctrines into a science curriculum compromises the objectives of public education. Science has been greatly successful at explaining natural processes, and this has led not only to increased understanding of the universe but also to major improvements in technology and public health and welfare. The growing role that science plays in modern life requires that science, and not religion, be taught in science classes."

Our kids will be graduating in their 80s. :)

n/t

We're turning into Iran.

the national park service at the Grand Canyon has a book describing how the canyon was formed by "Noah's Flood"!!!

Teach implies an endorsement of the truth of the materials in a way that "talk about" doesn't.

We should feel free to talk about anything in schools. Teaching a belief is another matter altogether.

Creationism is nothing but blind faith. With evolution, you can see it as it happens/happened.

Aren't kids supposed to learn this creationist crap in church?