3rd April 2014, 01:10 PM
pdurdin Wrote:Because if you teach the history of pre-19th century science without the creationist context then you're leaving out significant parts of the story.
Your talking about history, not science.
Though there is a history to science, which would include things like religious persecution of early scientists, alchemy, Einstein and Bohr's TV debate, the creationist/ catholic anti-science propaganda (check out the online 'evidence' against radiocarbon dating) etc etc Creationism is NOT a theory in the same terms as say evolution.
It is a creation myth similar to and just as relevant as the Norse creation myths and existence of Valhalla. We wouldn't teach such a myth as as relevant as evolution in a science class now would we?