Originally Posted by Hektore

'Science' is a bully. The scientific worldview is only one and it's one that squashes many others. The question is whether or not science is justified, or defensible in it's bullying. Teaching the earth as fourteen billion years old is bullying to a certain section of the religious population that believe the earth to be a mere 6000 years old. Whether you define the age of the universe as a religious belief or not, it does conflict with religious viewpoints, thus we have state entities teaching that certain religions are silly/wrong in the 'scientific' sense. That is bullying.

If we really believe in freedom of religion then shouldn't we stop teaching views in state institutions that directly conflict commonly held religious beliefs? Isn't that anti-religious indoctrination?