Quote:It'd be a problem for many.  I certainly don't want my kids exposed to creationism at school.  


And here's where the problem comes in:


School A doesn't teach creationism.

School B does.


School B produces more people who graduate despite being illiterate, while School A has a much better literacy rate.  School B gets more funding, while School A gets less.  Education is basically turned into a profit-based business where parents are customers.  They choose based on a variety of factors, and the better schools fail to get funding, and go out of business despite being, objectively better schools.  Schools would  have to appeal to the parents, rather than focus on educating the students.  Educating students should be the primary goal of a school.  Not profit.  Because it's easy to attract parents.  It's hard to actually educate students.  And the bottom line would be all that matters in the end.


I mean if Creationism was actually a science, then I'd say "Yeah, they should teach it."  But it's not a science. Religious values should be imposed by parents, and (if the parents so choose) their church, not schools. 

 

Let me ask you this.  How do you define theology?

 

Also, the way that I interpreted Eric's initial example, say School A is an under performing high school and School B is a very well performing high school that is privately owned (not necessarily a religious school).  Should parents not be given a choice as to which school they want to send their children to?

 

Another question for you.  Is someone better off learning about evolution, creationism or both?  Of the three choices, which is the most "well rounded" education that a person can receive?

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