[metmom]

And anybody who wants to be in physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, oceanography, etc; is ill served by the claptrap that creationists have put together to try to explain how physical constants of the universe must change, starlight is fake evidence of things that never actually existed within the span of this universe, atomic decay doesn’t happen the way science says it does, the fossil record and geological evidence of an old earth is false, etc, etc.

All of which has nothing to do with what I said.

Those physical sciences do not depend in any way, on the ToE. Anyone who goes into one of those fields does not need to know it.

It's only relevant to a few fields of science. Let those who need to know it, learn it if they have to.

[allmendream]

And only let those who “need to know it” know about the age of the earth as well?

If Creationists were on the war path against biology alone then maybe if we ceded this ground to the zealots they would all go home happy? NO. They would move on to geology, astronomy, history, chemistry, and physics to try to get their ludicrous garbage taught as science, or tell people that those subjects (as they describe an ancient universe that directly conflicts with Creationists claims) are not relevant and should not be taught.

Science is science, and kids need to learn science. And all fields of science are in direct opposition to the “cdesign proponentists” garbage that they want people to swallow.

I imagine not learning any science would leave people more ignorantly amenable to creationist propaganda.