Re: OT: Gravity explained

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:41:23 -0800, John Larkin wrote:
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:15:13 GMT, "Homer J Simpson" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx>
"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in

Has that been tried lately? Seems to me that the trend is to teach
orthodox (random mutation/selection) evolution only, and not even
mention, however briefly, alternate concepts. The origin of life is a
mystery, so should be taught as such. I guess it's tough for the
science education establishment to admit that they don't know
everything.

Science is repeatable.

Religion is not.

I'm not advocating teaching religion, but rather mentioning various
theories of the origin of life, and pointing out that none are proven.

And science, historically, has not been repeatable. Actually, religion has
probably been *more* repeatable than science. How many 3000-year old
science texts are still in use?

People seem to have trouble grasping second-order concepts, like, teaching
religion is not OK, but there should be no problem with teaching ABOUT
religion. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

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