So you believe the Earth is only 6,000 years old? If [url=http://www.edmondsun.com/opinion/local_story_067125346.htmlthis bill[/url]passes, your teacher will have to accept that as a correct answer on a test.
This is even more dangerous than trying to keep evolution out of the schools. You're basically setting up multiple standards of testing. I could completely ignore everything my biology teacher tells me and base all my answers on Genesis, and the teacher would be required to pass me. Utterly ridiculous.
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| The bill requires public schools to guarantee students the right to express their religious viewpoints in a public forum, in class, in homework and in other ways without being penalized. If a student’s religious beliefs were in conflict with scientific theory, and the student chose to express those beliefs rather than explain the theory in response to an exam question, the student’s incorrect response would be deemed satisfactory, according to this bill. The school would be required to reward the student with a good grade, or be considered in violation of the law. Even simple, factual information such as the age of the earth (4.65 billion years) would be subject to the student’s belief, and if the student answered 6,000 years based on his or her religious belief, the school would have to credit it as correct. Science education becomes absurd under such a situation. |
