If that were true creationism would not be given the attention it is given, creationists would not even be noticed they would be considered to be just another religious fringe group.
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I could be wrong but I don't think there are any states that teach creation in public schools.
Do you wish your children to be educated or indoctrinated? Education involves showing both sides of an argument and using reason to decide between them. Indoctrination is the presentation of only one side to the exclusion of any other. So if the teacher believes evolution is true he teaches that position, and if he believes in creation he teaches that position. I prefer neutrality. Evolution is a scientific theory and creation is religious doctrine. They are mutually exclusive, but the decision on where to place one's faith is not for educators to make. Evolution is scientific but not truth, creation is truth but not scientific.
Do you wish your children to be educated or indoctrinated? Education involves showing both sides of an argument and using reason to decide between them. Indoctrination is the presentation of only one side to the exclusion of any other. So if the teacher believes evolution is true he teaches that position, and if he believes in creation he teaches that position. I prefer neutrality. Evolution is a scientific theory and creation is religious doctrine. They are mutually exclusive, but the decision on where to place one's faith is not for educators to make. Evolution is scientific but not truth, creation is truth but not scientific.
If it happens I think this only happens in the southern states of the US but I might be wrong about that.
Even then it must obviously only happen in the bible belt states anyway. (hopefully)
Can anyone tell me what science qualifications teachers are required to have in order to teach science classes in US public schools?
I do have a neighbor that homeschooled his son. The parents are YECs but the son is not. Too much exposure to the real world.
The internet may be the downfall of the remaining U.S. creationists. Your neighbor's son has resources that your neighbors did not. It is getting harder and harder for creationists to hide their children from reality.
When you say there is no alternative, do you mean it's not possible or that none has been recognized in peer-reviewed literature?
Unfortunately the son is socially inept (a product of his homeschooling). But yes, having a wealth of information at his fingertips is what made him realize how silly YEC is. Now he can't get into college, he's lacking in basic social skills, and he has a rudimentary grasp of science that most of us had in the eighth grade. Creationism may be on its way out but its leaving behind some sad stragglers.
A lot of adolescent boys are socially inept. Hopefully he will grow out of that stage. Do his parents know that their son has accepted reality? If so how have they reacted?
Do you wish your children to be educated or indoctrinated? Education involves showing both sides of an argument and using reason to decide between them. Indoctrination is the presentation of only one side to the exclusion of any other.
If you can't tell the difference between evolution and science you probably shouldn't be teaching. Teaching evolution as a theory is one thing; like teaching about Greek mythology or Mayan culture. Teaching is as an irrefutable fact is something else.If we're going to call the class "science class" probably we should teach the science. If some think that science is an invalid way of getting knowledge, why try to allow creationism into the class about it?
Reality is the sum total of all our perceptions and to totality of all things natural and supernatural. The physical world alone is not reality.One is shown to work in reality the other has nothing to do with reality.
The sciences work with facts and creationism is just a belief.
i was not specifically "taught creationism" in school.If it happens I think this only happens in the southern states of the US but I might be wrong about that.
Even then it must obviously only happen in the bible belt states anyway. (hopefully)
Can anyone tell me what science qualifications teachers are required to have in order to teach science classes in US public schools?
If you can't tell the difference between evolution and science you probably shouldn't be teaching. Teaching evolution as a theory is one thing; like teaching about Greek mythology or Mayan culture. Teaching is as an irrefutable fact is something else.
There is no scientific alternative since to be a scientific explanation certain rules must be followed. A hypothesis that replaces an existing hypothesis or theory has to be testable. It must have a way of being refuted if it was wrong. It must make predictions. It must be useful in explaining how life got to the state that it is today. Creationism fails these tests terribly. ID fails in a fairly spectacular way to but now as obviously since the claims of ID people tend to be rather vague.
And the people that can actually do science at places like Answers in Genesis know of their own failings. That is why they never even try to publish their nonsense in a well respected peer review journal. Some creation scientists come from other sciences, ones where no one is saying that events occurred by magic and that lets them ignore the evidence that shows that they are wrong.
I really don't know what to say either, except that you should learn punctuation before pretending to know what knowledge anyone else has accumulated.I really dont know what to say other than that you really should learn the terms and basic science.
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