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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
I think you're talking the dogmatic sort of teaching but IMO i want my kids taught creationism. And evolution. And why people think and beleive in each.
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Yes, there's a difference between teaching creationism and teaching
about creationism. I think a comparative religions class that includes the creation myths of various religions and cultures would be a very interesting class.
Ad evolution of course in the science classroom.
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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
That millions of people belive each means way more in my mind then whether one r the other is right. Both need to be learned and understood. I want them challengeing both ideas, and not accepting anyone's evangelical truth, the Church's or Science's.
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Not quite sure what you mean here. I think it's important to teach kids the idea of the logical fallacy of
appealing to popularity, and studying why people reject science is also something interesting to study.
Challenging ideas (being a skeptic) is necessary, though I definitely wouldn't use the term "evangelical truth" to describe science, "provisional empirical truth" is maybe better, though the word truth really doesn't have a place in science. So it'd be more teaching that creationism is accepted through faith despite evidence, and evolution is accepted provisionally as accurate because of evidence.
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Originally Posted by cyclone3483
Darwin believes in God...now
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Darwin believed in God most if not all his life. Do you have a point?