at the risk of permanently derailing this thread with the ongoing cellarite obsession with creationism vs. evolution...
OC - i think it is important to teach what is known and believed about origins in the schools.
-evolution as it is understood should be taught - as the theory that it is. be clear about what is fact, and what is currently unproven.
-creationism shouldn't be taught in the schools. i believe in a Creator. the creator you believe in may not be the same as mine.
---what i absolutely do not support is the method of teaching evolution that my beloved
teacher (who was also one of my wrestling coaches) used. "ok, class. raise your hand if you believe in a god. keep your hands up if you believe that you he created the world. ok. now keep your hands up if you believe that you were created in his image... *surveys the room* well, those of you with your hands in their should understand that you are the very definition of stupidity."
- it is possible to teach evolution and acknowledge that there are other ideas out there. it is for the parents to teach their children creationism if they so choose. it is not for a teacher to ridicule a student who believes in a creator. it is not for a teacher to misrepresent what is fact and theory in evolution.