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Originally Posted by jorgelito
I strongly disagree that religious people should be banned from teaching positions. I find that position to be highly idiotic as there is no basis to make that assertion.
My father is a devout evangelist and a highly respected professor (of science) at elite universities. According to the prevailing logic, he should then be barred from teaching? I disagree.
Here's the best part: My father, the devout religious man, believes in aliens.
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Now, I don't think anyone said anything about barring religious peoples from teaching classrooms. As has been said before, it's not the fact that they're religious which should be looked down on. It's when they attempt to teach something which has NO evidence outside of religion. It's been said again and again. The ONLY reason there is any debate is because it's religious, and the evidence against it is ignored in favor of fairy tales, and so you end up with ignorance in the subject (like that Brian Benson, the eighth grader who won 1st place in Dilbert's link above, titled "Creationism Is the Winner!"...Oddly enough, his experiment has NOTHING to do with evolution, but...1st place?!
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How is it informative to mention that Holocaust deniers exist? Is there any evidence backing up their claims? No, so it has no place in an educational discussion, unless it's to test the subject and have the students use their knowledge to debunk the claims.
It's the exact same case as ID. Exactly the same. There's no evidence, and it has no merit outside of religion, so it should only be invoked for students to use their knowledge to debunk the claims. ID should not be taught along side with evolution. I don't understand how there's still debate over this.