Indiana is moving forward with legislation that would allow public schools to teach Creationism in public schools. And they aren’t the only ones. Huffington Post has the report alongside surveys on teaching creationism/evolution in the classroom:
About 60 percent of high school biology teachers teach evolution in the classroom without taking a direct stance on the issue LiveScience reports
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Only 13 percent of the teachers surveyed in the nationwide study published in the journal Science said they support creationism and teach it “in a positive light.”
Speaking on the legislation, Reba Boyd Wooden of Center for Inquiry Indiana offers some much-needed snark:
“They’re not on equal footing. We could say, okay let’s teach the stork theory of reproduction or let’s teach another idea about gravity. I mean, it’s not science.”
While we’re at it, if you’re going to teach ancient Mesopotamian creation myths as if they are on par with science, why stop at Genesis? I say we should teach the Enuma Elish, the source for Genesis 1. It’s way more badass and involves an epic battle between the Babylonian gods. I would be absolutely horrified if my seminary started teaching creationism- I can’t imagine how infuriated I would be if I had kids in public schools teaching creationism.
No wonder only 40% of Americans believe in evolution. Their teachers (not to mention their pastors and churches) can’t bring seem to reconcile with science.
it is truly a testament to groupthink that we can even have this discussion in 2012.
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