that Creation science still has roots in religion andtherefore violates the separation of church and state. Another group arguing on the side of creation suggested that creation could betaught simply as a theory much like evolution, as long as it received a balancedtreatment. It was no big surprise that this idea made its way into the court eventuallyand ran into the same establishment clause of the constitution that creation science raninto. Obviously there are not many ways to get around the fact that creationism can notbe taught in classrooms. For whatever reason it is going to offend someone or anotherperson may disagree with how it is being taught so the best method would be to simplynot worry about teaching it. The class we are most looking at is science and there is noscientific basis for the Genesis accounts.Some may argue that teachers are trying to brainwash students with alternateideas that conflict with their religions, and in this sense there will always be conflictsomewhere. If a child whose parents are scientologists takes a high school health class,not much of it will make sense to the student and their parents may want them taken out. When African or Asian students take American History, they may wonder why theirancestors are not better represented in the books and curriculum. We will always haveconflict in the school system, we just have to work around these conflicts. The issue ofreligion is very important to many people and this is the reason that I believe that neitherevolution nor creationism should be taught in a mainstream science classroom. If students want to know what the scientific explanation for the universe is theycan go to a library. If they want to know what the main religious belief about thecreation of the world is, they can go to a church and ask a clergy man. Why do we haveto get teachers and school administrators in the middle and create an unstoppableconflict? If the history of this iss...
