Should there be limitations on teaching scientific facts that interfere with religion?
Is there a need to provide a balanced approach to this question or should schools teach science as it known by the facts it has identified?
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If you switch the words "religion" and "scientific facts" around then this sentence will make sense.
kensmile4u
Level 8
Aug 16, 2018
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Religion (as in "Comparitive Religion" ) can certainly be an elective in upper-levels. The idea that there's a ''balanced approach'' is just nonsensical!
LucyLoohoo
Level 9
Aug 16, 2018
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Totally agree but devos wants to exclude evolution and replace it with creationism which would leave students with a disadvantage going into college.
@Marine Right! I'm an educator at a major zoo and OFTEN encounter children who have been home-schooled. I just LOVE using the "e" word and teaching them what evolution is and how it works!
Love,
Brenda Bitch
@LucyLoohoo good for you
I disagree with some here..I think science subjects should be the priority..but subjects like literature and the classics ie Roman & Greek culture etc are still important..myth is myth but knowing and understanding our great mother cultures is still important IMO.
Hitchens
Level 8
Aug 16, 2018
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Why would interfering with religion even be a consideration?
OpposingOpposum
Level 9
Aug 16, 2018
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See quote above
Facts are facts. Why should these be limited. But students need to be aware of the diffference between theory and fact. For instance, the basic tenants of evolution are established fact. But evolutionary theory consists of a massive collection of facts and theory about the details. As should be the case with any good theory, some parts of the theory will prove wrong with further testing. The statement "Darwin was wrong" can be true without the basics being untrue. And some of the stuff in Cosmology and about the origins of life is speculative. Might be right or wrong without discrediting science as a discipline.
dance1
Level 3
Aug 16, 2018
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Science is science. Religion is not science. And religion is not even remotely related to science.
sewchick57
Level 7
Aug 16, 2018
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Is this a trick question? There should never be a limit put on teaching scientific facts.....if it interferes with, or more correctly contradicts religion, well and good!
Marionville
Level 10
Aug 16, 2018
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