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Suzanne 2  #80955  Sun, 13 Mar 05 09:43 PM
Is it true some American schools insist creationist beliefs should be taught alongside evolutionary theory?
  
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Xavier  #81160  Mon, 14 Mar 05 03:59 PM
There are legal cases being heard, I think in Ohio and Kansas. Seems to be whether school books should carry discaimers about evolution being a controversial theory.
  
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Xavier  #81206  Mon, 14 Mar 05 06:37 PM
Was my previous post too controversial?
  
rhetor  #81289  Tue, 15 Mar 05 03:26 AM
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One school in Pennsylvania, apparently, requires that Intelligent Design be taught as an alternative theory. Most of the litigation mentioned in the U.S. media has to do with plaintiffs' insistence that Darwinism be taught as a hypothesis, not as established fact (see Berlinski's article above), and, most importantly, that the weaknesses of Darwinism be presented to students, not just its supposed strengths. There's no insistence, in these cases, that any alternative hypothesis be taught.

Additionally, I believe that the Pennsylvania case requires that ID be presented to students from the scientific writings of its proponents, such as the "irreducible complexity" arguments of biochemist Michael Behe. Students are not given a Bible in science class and told to accept Genesis as a "theory" of origins.

Unfortunately, students in other schools around the country are given "Origin of Species" and taught to accept it as established fact. The school in Pennsylvania is simply trying to cultivate critical thinking and an open mind.
  
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