Evolution’s Backers in Kansas Start Counterattack

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

What the hell is the problem with presenting both views, stating that most scientists believe that evolution is the most accurate?
If one is secure in their religion they would have no issue with it, right?

Ok.

Long answer: Why not teach it in math class? If the student is confident in their arithmetic skills, what's the problem? Or PE? Good athelete, no sweat. Or in music? Only the tin ears have anything to fear. These suggestions are no less ridiculous than suggesting we teach it in science class. It is *exactly* as appropriate in all those classes, including science.

There may be scientists who believe in Intelligent Design. Are you one? Can you cite one? ID is not science and it has no place in a science class, any more than the idea that the earth is flat. Show me. Use science and persuade me, teach me why it belongs in the same breath as science. I've an open mind. I'm skeptical, but willing to give your ideas a chance. That's part of the scientific method: peer review. Let us all review your ideas. Let us all subject them to the same tests and the same standards that other hypotheses are subjected to. If you want to play at science, you must follow the rules.

Otherwise, you're right. It's a waste of time.



Short answer: Because it's not science.