[On the unconstitutionality of teaching creationism]
Not really. If they used the Genesis account, it covers Christianity, Judaism (Orthodox Judaism, at least), and Islam. If they just do Genesis 1:1 ("In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.") then that covers pretty much every account of it but atheism, which says it isn't a religion anyway and therefore shouldn't complain--- its doctrine is already taught.
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Nice try, but what about the creation myths of the Hindus, the Greeks, the American Indians, and every other faith? The answer is: NONE OF THIS IS SCIENCE, AND IT DOES NOT BELONG IN A SCIENCE CLASS.
What makes Genesis any more valid than the creation myth that involves a giant turtle on his quest for sleep? Seriously, both are absurd (although rather charming if not taken as truth), but somehow one is more valid than the other, despite no evidence of it actually happening?
Atheistic "doctrine" is taught in school? Damn, how did I miss that day?
Look, if you wanna teach Creation in schools, that's fine -- do it in Philosophy class. Until there's empirical evidence supporting it, it doesn't belong in a science class.
On top of all the above posts, the Qur'an has a different story of Genesis - so this only covers the Judeo-Christian creation myths.
On a side note, in the muslim world today, evolution is seen as an infiltration of Western Christianity - 'cause, y'know, Darwin was a Christian.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
I can agree with the isolated context of that statement. After that, the bible's credibility takes a dump. They should have stopped right there.
Deists have a very different conceptualization of the God meme. One more serene and dignified perhaps, having no parallel whatever with the vulgar god-thing of the bible.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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