Religion belongs in churches, temples, and mosques- not in schools. If you want your child to have a religious education, put them in a religious school or home-school them.
As far as ID goes, it isn't a theory in the scientific sense. It is a belief. There is no physical evidence of ID, any more than there is physical evidence that super-aliens inhabit our brains and give us the power to do remarkable things if we can just harness that power. Does that mean we are going to allow discussion of this core belief of Scientology as a credible alternative to evolution? Where does it end? Does that mean we should discuss some people's belief that we were deposited here by aliens for a "mad science" experiment as a serious scientific theory? Show me the evidence, please! That is what scientific inquiry is about. Either we limit the teaching of the origins of humans to well-defined scientific theory- evolution- or we open the door for discussion of anything at all. That's not to say that evolution is immutable law. It is, after all, still only a scientific theory. If someone produces credible evidence tomorrow that totally debunks evolution, we can take it out of the textbooks. I don't believe that will ever happen, but hey, in science the whole idea is to be a sceptic until your last breath. Sort of the exact opposite of religious belief. >Well, ID doesn't so much ignore them, as come out and say the exist because >something else said so. > >ID at its basic form claims that there was some sort of thought behind what >was better than one thing, it is considered better to be this or that. > >I'm not sure why that doesn't have a place in school. I'm not saying I agree >with the theory, I'm just saying that when the majority of the Country >thinks it is fact, preventing the schools system from teaching it does a >disservice to the students. > >If Mom and Dad tell me God created earth and man in his image, but school >tells me this is wrong, what else is school lying to me about? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167780 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
