I think it's great if the Christian religion is taught in a public school class. Same for the Islam religion, and Judaism, and....etc. It's an elective course.
I don't think they have to present other creation theories either. But you are right, if this is an ID class meant to teach the superiority of ID over evolution, or other creationist philosophies...it should be labelled as such. But couldn't this have been settled without a law suit? > Its teaching the Christian religion in a public school class. It > wouldn't be so bad if they taught other creation theories. They ought > to include the Sumerian creation myth, one of the Polynesian myths > etc. > > But the problems lie in the fact that the teacher has no training in > science and if you read the description, its obvious that there is an > agenda - teaching Christianity on the public dime.: 'An initial course > description sent to parents in December said it would examine > "evolution as a theory and will discuss the scientific, biological and > Biblical aspects that suggest why Darwin's philosophy is not rock > solid."' > > Another iffy point is that there is no real lecture etc by the > teacher, the course is dependent on videos and guest lecturers. > 'Classes started two days later with a class plan that relied solely > on videos, not guest speakers. > [snip] > The Washington, D.C.-based Americans United for Separation of Church > and State said that with one exception the course "relies exclusively > on videos that advocate religious perspectives and present religious > theories as scientific ones.' > > So this course is not taking the most objective approach. > > larry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191774 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
