Leading scientist urges teaching of creationism in schools
12 09 08 - 05:54 Creationism should be taught in science classes as a legitimate point of view, according to the Royal Society, putting the august science body on a collision course with the Government.The Rev Michael Reiss, a biologist and its director of education, said it was self-defeating to dismiss as wrong or misguided the 10 per cent of pupils who believed in the literal account of God creating the Universe and all living things as related in the Bible or Koran. It would be better, he said, to treat creationism as a world view.
His comments put him at odds with fellow scientists as well as the Government. Former Fellows of the Royal Society include Charles Darwin, who first proposed the theory of evolution.
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The only way to prevent this regression into superstitious idiocracy is by not having people with incompatible views living in the same society. This news is really shocking. It has more to do with the rise of Islam than a resurgence of Christianity in the UK.
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