Weekly Poll: Can Creationists Teach Evolution?
Weekly Poll: Can Creationists Teach Evolution? Thursday March 11, 2010 There are a lot of people out there who believe in creationism and some of them teach in public schools. Too many, I fear. At times, science teachers who are creationists have wanted to teach evolution — but do they really know enough about science? Can they be trusted to teach evolution fairly? Remember that creationists don’t merely disagree with evolution, but generally regard it as an evil secular ideology which damages morals and is more likely than not designed to undermine Christianity. It seems implausible that anyone can teach a scientific field if they sincerely believe such things about it, even if they could teach a science that they weren’t personally convinced by. What’s more, we can’t ignore the fact that creationism is not completely isolated in biology. It’s not as though creationists merely have some factual disagreements with some isolated questions in biology. Creationism also stands opposed to
