Smidlee said:
Scoobes said:
Smidlee said:
scottie said:
Killiana1a said:
As for Creationism, all I have to cite is the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution, which Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell did not know until very recently:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
-US Constitution, 1st Amendment
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If creationism is taught as science in a government funded school, then that violates separation of church and state, which most Athiests/Agnostics see as a vital part of a democracy.
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Teaching creationism is not church nor is school government. (there probably some in the government needs to go back to school) That's like saying teaching Greek mythology (which they did when I went) violates separation of church and state. In fact you can teach Bible as parts of history and not violate the Constitution.
You can twist the Contitution around to support or be against anything including support child porn which they did.
What we really need now is a separation of Federal government and school.
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Greek mythology isn't taught as science though. I don't think anyone would have a problem if creationism was taught in Religious Studies, but considerring 99% of scientists agree there is no evidence for creationsim and it is not a true rival theory for evolution in a scientific sense. If the government taught it as a science it would be due to pressure from a vocal minority of religious groups and against the views of the scientific community. That ceases to be a seperation of church and state.
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Creationism is no more religious than OOL theories. Censensus is not science either. The "life from soup" theory has been dismiss by most scientist which means if it wrong today it was wrong 60 years ago.
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It's also not got any evidence which means it's not a science. If its not religious or scientific then what is it?
