richardhutnik said:
The problem happens in school systems where parents are put in a situation where they trust to raise their kids the way they want. People who aren't religions don't understand that faith IS reality for people, and God actually doing stuff isn't just some sort of passing fancy for people, the way that stamp collecting would be for some. For some people, it is life. And when you take school systems, then parents expect their kids to be able to be given support by science that God did it. This is where the creationism in classrooms comes from. On the other side, you have non-religious folks who think it is utterly daft that people would even question evolution being valid, and feel it would be HARMFUL for America unless kids are taught that. It is critical that America keep up in math and sciences, so ALL kids MUST be taught evolution, or America is DOOMED. Now, put these two sets of values together, and then you have a culture clash that is political. And then there is the third reality where you can't put truth to a vote either. 2 2=4, period (by definition of math it is that). 2 2 doesn't equal Nintendo's Mario (unless Nintendo's Mario is said to be the same as 4). People see all this and there are no easy answers, no matter how each side wants it to be. |
Why is this only a major problem in the States though? In Europe people generally accept religion and science to be 2 seperate subjects, and that they can complement each other. The creationist ideas are taught in religious studies, evolution is taught in science. I was taught the different belief systems of a number of religions but that never interfered with what I was taught in science.
