Everyone’s gotta start somewhere. I would prefer a complete separation of Darwinist religion and state, but in the meantime, if they are going to teach evolution, they should also teach the main alternative i.e. Creation/ID.
If this RE law is successful, UK students will soon be discussing the “divine foot in the door” of creation in their *compulsory* religious education classes. To be sure, initially this instruction will be strongly biased in favor of evolution, but this will give students the green light to pursue the subject further on their own, and it’s only a matter of time before Creationists and IDers begin making headway in their quest for equal time. And you can bet, when this happens the Evos will push to either scrap Religious Education, or scrap Creation/Intelligent Design being taught, if they are not doing so already.
Can you imagine what the impact this will have on the public’s perception of Darwin’s fanciful creation myth? Religious Education will, after all, be a compulsory subject. There’s no way the evos let this happen. They will have no choice but to defeat the teaching of Creation/ID/Evolution in Relious Education, or die trying.
Creationism isn’t science, it’s religion. It should not be taught as science.
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And they should teach the theory of evolution in Science class, and Creationism in Religion class where it belongs.
This evo believes that it is impossible to have a good grasp on the culture of western civilization without pretty solid grounding in our religious beliefs. They play a major role in who and what we are. Whether one is a believer or not.
Bring on the religious studies class. I heartily endorse it. That leaves science for science class. An actual win-win.