Henry Morris III on the state of creationism

[GT WT]

Interesting article prompted by the failure of the Institute for Creation Research in their effort to offer a master of science degree in Texas.

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[jmatt]

That guy sounds like a whiny baby.

I never understood creationists (or ID'ers or whatever new name they've come up with) wanting to impose themselves and their pseudoscience nonsense into geology, biology, archeology, etc.

And why shouldn't private schools be subject to the same rules as public schools for accreditation as far as actual courses (math, sciences, languages, etc) that are needed to move on to (at least) college are concerned?

The only difference (IMO) for religion-based schools vs public schools is that they can freely hold prayer sessions and teach about their particular faith as part of their curriculum.

I would hope that the reason Texas doesn't accredit creationism is probably because they have some common sense on that board. Hopefully, it will stay that way...

 

[Horns11]

I know we've talked about this on the board before, but why not just include creationism as part of literature, philosophy, sociology, or some other area of the Humanities? I don't understand why it has to stop at "science" for ID'ers.

 

[jmatt]

Your idea sort of makes sense.

Teach it as literature or as part of a course covering various religions.

Sadly, of course, you KNOW some districts would somehow find a way to exclude certain non-Christian faiths.

Except maybe for Judaism.

Maybe.

Unfortunately, the creationist (aka "intelligent design") folks have a specific agenda - to replace science with theology.

Personally, I say leave any semblance of religious education out of the public schools, no matter how well intentioned, and leave that to the various faiths.

Simply because, sooner or later, it would turn into something other than a humanities course and into a (probably specific) religion class.