Religions > Atheism > In the News: Fundamentalists create stir over classroom science
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In the News: Fundamentalists create stir over classroom science |
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By DONNA CALLEA
Staff Writer
Last update: November 18, 2004
The Bible may not be a science textbook.
But many religious fundamentalists believe the scriptural account of
creation trumps any explanation man has come up with since.
At some Christian schools creationism remains an integral part of the
science curriculum.
"I happen to believe in six literal days of creation," says Mitch
Pridgen, who teaches high school science at Warner Christian Academy
in South Daytona. In his classroom, he keeps a Bible on his desk, uses
Christian textbooks that refute evolution, tells his students why he
doesn't agree with Darwin's theory, and trusts them to draw their own
conclusions.
"They're not empty-headed," he says.
At Florida's public schools, on the other hand, evolution and the
"plethora of things" that scientific term encompasses is taught,
according to Teresa Northrup, district science specialist for Volusia
County schools. The state sets the standards, and the "curriculum
doesn't mention creationism," she notes.
But nearly 80 years after the so-called "Scopes Monkey Trial" first
framed the national evolution-creationism debate, the issue of what
students should be taught in public school about how life began and
evolved on Earth is far from settled in districts across the country.
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18 Nov 2004 05:04:46 AM |
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"Jason Spaceman" <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote in message
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From the article:
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By DONNA CALLEA
Staff Writer
Last update: November 18, 2004
The Bible may not be a science textbook.
But many religious fundamentalists believe the scriptural account of
creation trumps any explanation man has come up with since.
At some Christian schools creationism remains an integral part of the
science curriculum.
"I happen to believe in six literal days of creation," says Mitch
Pridgen, who teaches high school science at Warner Christian Academy
in South Daytona. In his classroom, he keeps a Bible on his desk, uses
Christian textbooks that refute evolution, tells his students why he
doesn't agree with Darwin's theory, and trusts them to draw their own
conclusions.
"They're not empty-headed," he says.
"...yet.", he added with a sinister laugh.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Fundamentalists create stir over classroom science |
18 Nov 2004 05:00:57 AM |
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In our last episode <2hrop0trjp1k4sd8a59j87v2kbd01r62a3@4ax.com>, Jason
Spaceman lept out of the bushes shouting:
"I happen to believe in six literal days of creation," says Mitch Pridgen,
who teaches high school science at Warner Christian Academy in South
Daytona. In his classroom, he keeps a Bible on his desk, uses Christian
textbooks that refute evolution, tells his students why he doesn't agree
with Darwin's theory, and trusts them to draw their own conclusions.
"They're not empty-headed," he says.
But he'll fix that...
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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