http://www.geocities.com/closetatheist/evolutionclassroom.htm
I have not figured out exactly what I believe religiously at this time in my life, but I have to say that I fully agre
e with the statements this writer makes (the "Closet Atheist"). When Pat Buchanan sais that parents have a right to insist that Godless evolution not be taught to their children, or that their children "not be indoctrinated in it," the Closet Atheist responds with, "The irony that Pat Buchanan is concerned about children being indoctrinated is amusing. If schools are not going to indoctrinate children in science, perhaps they should also stop indoctrinating children in reading and math." Well said- I have nothing else to add to that comment.
When the Kansas Board of Education lost it's Christian majority in the November 2005 elections, evolution, the Big Bang Theory, and plate tectonics were all re-introduced into the state's science curriculum after having been removed from standardized tests a year and half earlier. First of all, how did these topics get removed to begin with? Do the American people want the next generation of children to be ignorant of scientific evidence about the world? We are already considered ignorant; when we don't want to teach our children science becuase it contradicts faith something is wrong. Faith is exactly that- faith. Religion has no true solid foundation; people choose to believe in it out of faith. How do you teach a curriculum based off of faith? You can't. As the Closet Atheist says, "It is no wonder that creationists fight evolution so aggressively. It is much more appealing (and easy) to believe that we are made in the image of a God. But as the saying goes: The truth hurts."
I have not figured out exactly what I believe religiously at this time in my life, but I have to say that I fully agre
e with the statements this writer makes (the "Closet Atheist"). When Pat Buchanan sais that parents have a right to insist that Godless evolution not be taught to their children, or that their children "not be indoctrinated in it," the Closet Atheist responds with, "The irony that Pat Buchanan is concerned about children being indoctrinated is amusing. If schools are not going to indoctrinate children in science, perhaps they should also stop indoctrinating children in reading and math." Well said- I have nothing else to add to that comment.When the Kansas Board of Education lost it's Christian majority in the November 2005 elections, evolution, the Big Bang Theory, and plate tectonics were all re-introduced into the state's science curriculum after having been removed from standardized tests a year and half earlier. First of all, how did these topics get removed to begin with? Do the American people want the next generation of children to be ignorant of scientific evidence about the world? We are already considered ignorant; when we don't want to teach our children science becuase it contradicts faith something is wrong. Faith is exactly that- faith. Religion has no true solid foundation; people choose to believe in it out of faith. How do you teach a curriculum based off of faith? You can't. As the Closet Atheist says, "It is no wonder that creationists fight evolution so aggressively. It is much more appealing (and easy) to believe that we are made in the image of a God. But as the saying goes: The truth hurts."
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