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From: mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion
Subject: Re: "Secular Humanism" banned in the US Schools.
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 23:38:22 EDT
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In article <1709@pyuxd.UUCP> rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) writes:

>> I do agree with Bill that creationists should be excused from
>> classes that teach evolution. [HOSHEN]
>
>I would agree if we were talking about adults.  If creationist adults in
>school chose not to learn about evolution, and thus lose out on a significant
>part of education because of their religious beliefs, that is their business.
>But it is not adults who go to school.  It is their children.  To claim that
>a parent has the right to declare that "this subject should not be taught
>to my child" is horrific.

I see.  You have the right to indoctrinate the creationist's kids in
evolution, but he has no right to object to this indoctrination.

I say, let them keep their kids out.  If creationism is so obviously wrong,
they'll realize this in college (or wherever they run into evolution as
adults).  For the most part, it doesn't matter anyway.  If not knowing
evolution is so advantageous, people will begin to realize this and will
back away from hardline creationism.

And if it isn't, then, maybe it isn't all that important to teach it in
school.

Charley Wingate


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