I really respect this teacher for realizing the importance of relationship with his students. I recall when I first came to EvC, I never took hook line and sinker what the Biblical Creationists at AIG said, but I also never understood why evolution made sense. I had, in effect, been brainwashed and was afraid that belief in science was countering my faith in God.
There really is a vast culture of ignorance that has been perpetuated by the Biblical Creationists, but to many of us, it
is a big deal whether or not God exists. (In fact, we even believe that
if God did not exist, nothing would be here anyway....thus it is a moot point.)
It is a good first step to allow that Science and Faith are both valid and that both ask different questions.
Later, it is an even bigger step to admit that there is no proof of god in the scientific sense and that this is OK.
Like I said, I respect this teacher for caring about his students and not wishing to alienate them.
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