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Originally posted by GregP618:
I was interested to read this as only recently a similar story has come to light here in the UK. A school in Gateshead has begun to teach creationism, causing a bit of a stir and bringing the great debate back into the public eye.
The situation isn't quite the same as the school is elective - it is a city technology college, privately funded, and free to set its own curriculum. It also an avowedly Christian school with a strongly theistic slant on the curriculum.
You can read its science policy here ...
http://www.emmanuelctc.org.uk/curriculum-candc-science.htm
The difference from Ohio's proposal is that no-one
need send their children to this school and being elective, children aren't sent here by default.
The big issue, to my mind, is whether the English government should in any way subsidise or support such selective treatment of pupils and education.
Fortunately, this is an issue for the English to solve - in Scotland we don't have these institutions. One hopes that the traditions of rigorous theology, philosophy and science of which all major denominations are proud would guard against it. There is the occasional whimper of creationism amongst some of the fringe groups, but on the whole theology and science are well reconciled to each and flourish in pretty much mutual respect.
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