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Old 03-July-2009, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jaksichj View Post
He seemingly saw ( I would word) the Universe as his playground for practicing science---I, personally, feel that if the Western society is to teach creationism ---do it at Sunday School and not in the public school setting. We stand the risk of diluting an evermore (currently weak?) school system.
I think we all agree on this point. Creationism is a religious view and not a scientific one, thus it is not fair to teach it as such, especially in a science classroom. There are other places, even in education, that it can be mentioned, as in the social sciences. But we are getting far off topic.

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If we are to have more of our students to stand on the shoulders of giants--it is to learn from our mistakes and not to persist in creating more of them.
Yes, and understanding the differences between religion, philosophy, and modern science and how they interact should grant us all taller shoulders to stand upon.
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