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Originally Posted by Rekna
Also notice I did not say teach creationism. However I said if you teach evolution then teach both the evidence for and against it because if it is a scientific theory then it needs to stand up against all evidence. We can't simply choose the evidence that supports our theory and discard anything else.
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Isn't it possible that the difference between teaching in public schools compared
to schools sponsered or affiliated with other organizations, is that in truly
public schools, a competition of ideas, not unlike in an evolutionary process,
will lead to the promotion of the best ideas at the expense of the ones that
are most difficult to examine, using scientific methods ?
Darwin's theory of natural selection grew to be dominate because it makes
the most sense. It simply observes that life forms, living in a given environment,
have the most success reproducing when they are influenced by their
environment to change physical characteristics and behavior, changes that
are then passed on via heredity. The validity of this idea can be confirmed
using scientific methods. These same methods can be used to evaluate any
competing idea, or theory, including intelligent design. If intelligent design
can better explain how things work in the physical world than Darwin's
theory does, it will follow that the study of ID will receive more time and
focus in school curriculum, than other ideas.
If ID is not competitive when studied using scientific methods, but holds
a place in public school curriculum disproportionate to it's value as a
scientific explanation for how things work, then it intrudes on the competition
of ideas, and weakens and confuses the school's mission to pass along
the best ideas of the sciences to students.