Creationism 'no place in schools' (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Leading scientists have warned against the teaching of creationism in schools, saying pupils must be clear that science backs the theory of evolution.

The Royal Society statement comes after claims that some schools are promoting creationism alongside evolution.

Meanwhile, delegates at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers' conference rejected calls for legislation to ban the teaching of creationism.
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{Prof. Read} added: "Our government is pursuing a flexible education system, but it should also be able to ensure and demonstrate that young people in maintained schools or academies are not taught that the scientific evidence supports creationism and intelligent design in the way that it supports evolution."
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4896652.stm

Much of the article concerns the question of whether private academies (as distinguished from public schools) should be allowed to promote creationism.

[yellowcanine]

1. The difference in Britain and Australia is that while there are a few

creationists making noise, there is almost no public support for teaching creationism in schools.

[Speck Tater]

2. I think it's OK to teach creationism.

As long as it's taught in a mythology class or a comparative religion class. But it's not science and doesn't belong in a science class. That would be like teaching Shakespeare in an algebra class. We don't forbid the teaching of Shakespeare because it's not algebra, we just insist that it be taught in the right class. And creationism, as a mythological belief, not backed by a shred of scientific evidence belongs in class on mythology, along with all the world's various creation myths. Kept in it's mythologoical context there's no harm in teaching it

[pat_k]

3. Just as creationism must be banished from the realm of science, so to . .

. . .must their fascist fantasy of a "unitary authoritarian executive" be banished from the "marketplace of ideas."

Yoo, Addington, Alito, and other adherents of the lunacy of a "unitary authoritarian executive" in America, invoke their tortured interpretations and claims of legalistic complexity to deceive the American people into allowing their so-called "theories" into the "marketplace of ideas."

Their fantasies are NOT ideas to be "argued on the merits." Just as intelligent design has no place in our science classes, their fantasies have no place in the "marketplace of ideas."

We must stop calling their fantasies "theories." No more debating "on the merits." The moment we engage and treat their fantasies as plausible theories, we legitimize their fantasies.

More:
http://january6th.org/reject-fascist-fantasy.html