by Lore » Sun 27 Jul 2014, 18:54:59
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Herr Meier', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dolanbaker', 'T')hey already have succeeded in getting a creationist education system in place in some parts of the US
most schools (maybe all?) are militant in only providing the Darwinian view of the world, ignoring all other possible explanations. It's a shame. A good school provides different view points. Unfortunately in the US (and in Europe where I went to school) only the "scientific" view (called Darwinism) is considered and taught even though several other (not only Creationism) theories can explain the world. I had to take advanced philosophy classes to realize that there's more to the world than science.
There was a case in the US a few years back, where a school realized that the 'Darwin' way is only one of many possible explanations. In addition to the federal mandated curriculum of Darwin, they added one lecture about other possible explanations of the origins of species. Wow, what a disaster that was. The religious militants of the order of Darwin swiftly pulled all kinds of legal actions to make sure only their religion is taught in schools, even though it cannot be proofed, just like the theory of design by intelligent agent.
I always wonder where the energy (and matter) of the universe comes from. So far the big bang theory was only able to approach time 0 to maybe what, 10^-40 seconds?
And since the origin cannot be explained by science, why should I "believe" anything else it tries to explain?
A good public school, in the US at least, should teach the facts based on the accepted science. That's why we have separation of church and state. A faith based belief system is best left to theological institutions, but has no place in science. People can be left up to make up any alternative reality they'd like outside of science on their own time.
I find it also curious that people can believe in an eternal deity, but cannot fathom that an eternal universe may be just as likely.