Amen to the Nose.
I really didn't realize I agreed that schools should teach
about creationism until I read Ned's post.
Students in public schools are very likely, at some point, to run into creationism. Half of the US, or almost half, doesn't believe evolution happened. Doesn't it seem that equipping the students to understand why creation science is not science is
mandatory?
A discussion of the theological issues (by real theologians) would show up just how dangerous to Christianity that creationism is.
This seems like a Pandora's box. Who are real theologians? Who gets to say who real theologians are? Good theology isn't so easy to define as good science.
The discussions and comparisons of the arguements of both sides is an interesting (if somewhat complex) case study in how to reason and how to understand the use of evidence.
It provides wonderful examples with which to learn the difference between good and bad evidence. I got to use the subject just that way last year, and parents have commented on the effect it has had on the youths' way of thinking.
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