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Originally posted by BRISK
I think that to study evolution, it would help to learn about what people believed before Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. The Origin of Species was only published 145 years ago, so giving students a background into people's ideas before then is part of a rounded education in my opinion.
We shouldn't hide the concept of creationism from people anymore than we should hide the concept of bloodletting or the belief that the earth is flat or that the sun revolves around the earth. As silly as those concepts sound today, it benefits us to know that this is what people used to think, and it benefits us to understand why they thought the way they did.
I don't think we should teach creationism as fact, but I do think people should be aware that creationism is what some people believe and give them some background on why they believe it.
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If you are talking about a passing mention... by all means. As long as you mention ALL the different creation stories.
But seriously, giving equal time to creationism in a biology class is like giving equal time to witchdoctoring at medical school.
It's fucking ludicrous.