Re: MD Wisconsin School OKs Creationism Teaching

From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Sat Nov 13 2004 - 16:00:51 GMT

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    Hi Steve,

    On 13 Nov 2004 at 9:10, Steve Peterson wrote:

    > msh said:
    > Or, are you guys suggesting Creationism is in fact scientific?
    >

    steve:
    No, I'm just wondering what the fear is about teaching Creationism.

    msh says:
    As I said earlier, I don't see any fear about teaching Creationism;
    what I see is concern over how public funds set aside for the study
    of science might be used to teach non-scientific ideas.

    steve:
    I can't even imagine what that would look like in a science classroom
    other than the teacher saying that some people believe that God
    created all the species to be how they are. What else would be said?

    msh says:
    Maybe nothing. Or maybe this would launch a huge, time-consuming,
    non-scientific debate about the relative merits of all the various
    creation mythologies. But is the class hour reserved for biology or
    mythology? Again, it's a time and money allocation issue. Besides,
    it wouldn't be necessary to say that some people think that God
    created all the species; my guess is that any mid-western USA high
    school student would be well aware of this.

    steve:
    I imagine that a discussion of the relative merits of different ideas
    about the origin of species would ensue, but I can't think of what
    the lesson on Creationism would be like. Can you help me imagine it?

    msh says:
    I don't think I can help, no. I have no idea how one would go about
    teaching non-scientific ideas in a science class. I guess we could
    ask a Creation Scientist.

    Thanks,
    Mark Steven Heyman (msh) 

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