Wis. City's Schools Allowing Creationism

GRANTSBURG, Wis. Nov 6, 2004 — The city's school board has revised its science curriculum to allow the teaching of creationism, prompting an outcry from more than 300 educators who urged that the decision be reversed.

School board members believed that a state law governing the teaching of evolution was too restrictive. The science curriculum "should not be totally inclusive of just one scientific theory," said Joni Burgin, superintendent of the district of 1,000 students in northwest Wisconsin.

Last month, when the board examined its science curriculum, language was added calling for "various models/theories" of origin to be incorporated.

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I'm okay with theories other than evolution, if they have scientific backing, but Creationism isn't one of those. Every argument put forth by "creation scientists" has been debunked by others. It has no place being taught in public schools.

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"Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence."
Jim Morrison

One might say the same of all the liberal social engineering currently passing as "education." Funny to have the shoe on the other foot.

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I have no problem if teachers use creationism in the context of evolution, but if they are going to teach that creationism is literally true, then it makes no sense that such a lesson belongs in a science class. Instead, it then belongs in a ancient literature class or a comparative religion class (which I think all public schools should institute).

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I think all public schools should have a comparative religion course in their curriculum. I think that religion is a dominant factor in today's world and it would be very useful for children to have, at least, a little knowledge about religions other than their own.

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Examples?

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Come on...look at that bogus big bang and evolution crap. Those (*)(*)(*)(*) liberals and their stupid lies.

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Next thing you know they'll be teaching that the holocaust happened!

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Jim Morrison

Homosexuality. Diversity. Revisionism. Liberal paradigm. All things touted in many public schools in a manner decidedly-hostile to most of America's values.

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We Americans really have our priorities straight. We want to waste time in science class to teach religion when it is science that is the one of the most important subjects for keeping America competitive in today's economy.

What's next? Math classes where we only teach children numbers that are significant in the Bible?

Teacher: Ok, Jimmy what is 7x3?
Jimmy: "21"
Teacher: 21 is not a number! You must choose the next number that is significant in the bible and that is 40!
Jimmy: So 7x3=40?
Teacher: Yes, amen.

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"George W. Bush surrounds himself with smart people the way a hole surrounds itself with a donut." —Dennis Miller