Creationism in Museums and Schools

[Big_John]

I was taught the history of religion, you weren't?

not in public elementary or high schools, no.

edit: though i must say, the public high school i went to for freshman and sophomore year was garbage. and the private school i went to for junior and senior year was episcopalian, and we sung hymns every morning at chapel.

[KarlXII]

not in public elementary or high schools, no.

Well then, your concerns are ill founded. Religion is taught in history classes 'round here. You learn Islamic, Christain, Greek, Roman, Chinese etc. beliefs and history. They're not fillin your head with propoganda.

[Big_John]

hmm.. it was quite a while ago.. maybe we diud have some sort of comparative religion section in my world histroy classes...

[Tribesman]

I don't think creationism ever needs to be added to a science curriculum. That's different from saying it can't be discussed. It should be mentioned, and if need be, debated. Creationism (as in the world is 10,000 yrs old, ect), has little(no) scientific standing and if students think it does, it should be debated and discussed rather than stifled.

Thats a good post , the debate in a science class wouldn't take long so wouldn't really detract muchfrom the curriculum .
So that leads to ....

where should creationism ideas be 'mentioned' exactly?

Well John , you know on the news they sometimes finish up with a little funny story to lighten things up , perhaps they could finish the science lessons with 20 second snippets from Hams cretinist comedy genius to give the students a laugh .

[Navaros]

If religion has no place in education, then they must remove Darwinism/evolution from all schools. Darwinism is a religion that is currently brainwashing everyone in schools, and is way worse than Creationism.

There is zero scientific basis for the outlandish claims of evolution. To believe in those claims as true can be done by faith and subjective opinion alone, not by science. The outlandish claims of evolution do not meet the standards of the scientific method (things must be observable, testable and repeatable to be science), therefore they are not science. End of story.

Evolution is the fairytale of modern times. That it is being presented as 'science' is disgusting and a moral outrage. Darwinism should be outlawed and replaced with Creationism. Or at the very least, Darwinism should be banned from schools since it is not science.

[woad&fangs]

Ya know, there's kinda this thing called DNA which basically proves evolution is real.

[Big_John]

please do not turn this into a evoution vs creationism debate.

[Navaros]

Ya know, there's kinda this thing called DNA which basically proves evolution is real.

No it doesn't.

please do not turn this into a evoution vs creationism debate.

Other posters already have by bashing Creationism and pretending that Darwinism has some sort of superiority and scientific validity, when really it doesn't.

[woad&fangs]

No it doesn't.

How doesn't it?

Anywho, I think Creationism should be discussed in a world history class along with the basic ideas of other religions. I know my world history class discussed the basics of Islam, Hinduism, and a few other religions for a few days each. Creationism would fit nicely in there.

I couldn't care less what private schools teach in there science classes.

Edit: to be honest, in my 11+ years of schooling evolution has only come up a handful of times. My science classes have discussed DNA plenty of times but I doubt I've spent more than 5 class periods learning about Fish->whales->bats->Humans or whatever it is.

[Tribesman]

Well there you go John , no need to use Ken Hams nonsense to give the students a laugh at the end of science class , just use a post from Navoros instead .
BTW Nav which fruity flavour of fundamentalist are you this week ?
Have you tried Sikhism yet ?what about Baha'i ? they should be quite entertaining for us , keep up the good work