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To: The Philosopher who wrote (46167)	7/20/1999 6:06:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

SOrry, CH, But we live in Texas and Feelings had this discussion a year or two ago. I have one graduate and one junior in public school, both of whom have taken biology. The teacher (Honors Bio, and one of our better teachers) taught evolution as her preferred theory- emphasize theory- but mentioned that creationism was also a theory, although one she was not as "familiar with" and she would rather they talked to their parents about it. I commend her for getting around the issue gracefully in a strong Bible Belt state, but my boys both say that the teaching was pretty carefully neutral on ALL theories, and that it was not taught in any depth and I would guess this is because the teachers are rather intimidated by the far right.

To: The Philosopher who wrote (46167)	7/20/1999 8:21:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 108807

none of them made a single mention of creationism as even a potentially legitimate explanation for the development of the human race. Since the only extant evidence in support of creationism is an account in a work of ancient mythology, that is as it should be. There are cultures that believe that the world sits on the back of a giant turtle; shall we teach this hypothesis in schools, simply because some people believe it? The only place where creationism could be legitimately discussed in a public school is in a comparative religion class where creation myths from all religions are given equal weight. It certainly doesn't belong in a science class.