RE: teaching evolution in Wisconsin
Susan B (susan-brassfield@ou.edu)
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 20:18:40 -0500 (CDT)At 07:41 PM 9/27/99 +0000, you wrote:
>At 01:37 PM 09/27/1999 -0500, Steve Clark wrote:
>
>>Nevertheless, it is interesting, and I daresay, novel, to present the
>>viewpoints of Paley and the creationists in a science classroom.
>
Glenn wrote:
>I thought I might mention the views of my former boss who was an atheist.
>He and I had several excellent discussions of the creation/evolution
>controversy. His view was that he wanted design, creationism and all ideas
>taught in school. Why? He felt that if evolution were taught alongside
>creationism and design the weakness of design and creationism would become
>obvious and no one would remain as a creationist.
:-) I've frequently heard views like that expressed on talk.origins. It's
the general consensus that if all the evidence for creationism was presented
it would take up about an hour or so (How long does it take to read Genesis
I and II?) and then you'd be free to present the evidence for evolution for
the rest of the year.
Susan
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