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<blockquote data-quote="TemperateSeaIsland" data-source="post: 48621422" data-attributes="member: 120264"><p><span style="color: green"></span></p><p> <span style="color: green"></span></p><p> <span style="color: green"></span></p><p> </p><p> It&#8217;s not about mocking it&#8217;s about being ill equipped to do a subject because they're ill informed of the realities of science.</p><p> <span style="color: green"></span></p><p><span style="color: green"></span><span style="color: black"> Most of the people in uni I've known were Christian (a few dozen) but only one was a creationist and she wasn't mocked. My MSc supervisor was a devout Christian who did a talk in his church every week and occasionally reminded me about how he worried about my atheism, he also considered creationism to be invalid as a science. </span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p> As Marcus stated science isn&#8217;t a democracy, science lessons should reflect the realities of science in academia and industry. Creationism is simply not used by either because it&#8217;s useless when it comes to scientific research so what&#8217;s the point of teaching it?</p><p> </p><p> If people want their kids taught creationism they should send them to a church that holds that view, or give them genesis to read. There is nothing to be gained by giving it some false legitimacy in a science lesson but I do think if a student does bring up a question on creationism it should be addressed and not dismissed.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> Many parents hold beliefs in Ghosts, homoeopathy and a small number hold the sun goes round the earth, should these things be also taught as science? </p><p></p><p> I&#8217;m not implying believing in creationism is criminal and I'm sorry if you thought that was my implication. I&#8217;m saying that creationism is essentially anti-science. My analogy might be overly emotive but that&#8217;s how I as a scientist feel. Creationism weakens science because it adds untestable elements that make the whole process of science useless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TemperateSeaIsland, post: 48621422, member: 120264"] [COLOR=green] [/COLOR] It’s not about mocking it’s about being ill equipped to do a subject because they're ill informed of the realities of science. [COLOR=green] [/COLOR][COLOR=black] Most of the people in uni I've known were Christian (a few dozen) but only one was a creationist and she wasn't mocked. My MSc supervisor was a devout Christian who did a talk in his church every week and occasionally reminded me about how he worried about my atheism, he also considered creationism to be invalid as a science. [/COLOR] As Marcus stated science isn’t a democracy, science lessons should reflect the realities of science in academia and industry. Creationism is simply not used by either because it’s useless when it comes to scientific research so what’s the point of teaching it? If people want their kids taught creationism they should send them to a church that holds that view, or give them genesis to read. There is nothing to be gained by giving it some false legitimacy in a science lesson but I do think if a student does bring up a question on creationism it should be addressed and not dismissed. Many parents hold beliefs in Ghosts, homoeopathy and a small number hold the sun goes round the earth, should these things be also taught as science? I’m not implying believing in creationism is criminal and I'm sorry if you thought that was my implication. I’m saying that creationism is essentially anti-science. My analogy might be overly emotive but that’s how I as a scientist feel. Creationism weakens science because it adds untestable elements that make the whole process of science useless. [/QUOTE]
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