Creationism in Education...

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http://scienceblogs.com/authority/2008/08/quality_education_wins_again_i.php

Science is but a method by which we use to test and explain what we believe to be true about our physical world based on observable data.

So what happens when an observable truth does NOT hold up within the scientific model? (ie. we are still trying to fit quantum mechanics into this tiny little box), we simply dismiss or at best, postpone it, right? Now, I'm not saying science is a weak model, but it is incomplete at best. It seems to me the closed-minded ones here are the "Orthodox Scientists" who claim monopoly on the means to truth via the scientific method. That something is not scientifically testable, does not make it invalid. (ie. a bumble bee can still fly!) I am willing to bet no scientist suspends his belief when he observes one in flight. 

Yet, we are asked to suspend the belief of Creationism, which already has its inherent difficulties. Its daunting task is to explain the possibility that a single consciousness may be responsible for everything! Jeez, I say, cut them some slack. Afterall, Rome wasn't built in a day. 

I do not know all the details about this particular textbook and/or lawsuit. I am arguing in theory for all possible points of view being made. I propose we all drop the hubris about knowledge and truth; perhaps its alright to consider ALL possible points of view within the realm of education.  And perhaps knowledge is not the foundation we think it is.  What are we afraid of?

Conscience?