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11-09-2008, 09:33 PM
Creationism and intelligent design should be taught in school science lessons, according to a leading expert in science education.
The Rev Prof Michael Reiss, director of education at the Royal Society, said that excluding alternatives to scientific explanations for the origin of life and the universe from science lessons was counterproductive and would alienate some children from science altogether.
Reiss's comments have provoked fury from some parts of the scientific community.
Reiss criticised Prof Richard Dawkins' argument that labelling children as belonging to a particular religion amounted to child abuse. Dawkins has written that, "To slap a label on a child at birth – to announce, in advance … an infant's opinions on the cosmos and creation, on life and afterlives, on sexual ethics, abortion and euthanasia – is a form of mental child abuse."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/sep/11/creationism.education
That would be a good argument if the religion of science wasn't slapped on a child at birth - to announce, in advance ... an infant's options on the cosmos and creation, on life and afterlives, on sexual ethics, abortion and euthanasia - itself another form of mental child abuse.
The Rev Prof Michael Reiss, director of education at the Royal Society, said that excluding alternatives to scientific explanations for the origin of life and the universe from science lessons was counterproductive and would alienate some children from science altogether.
Reiss's comments have provoked fury from some parts of the scientific community.
Reiss criticised Prof Richard Dawkins' argument that labelling children as belonging to a particular religion amounted to child abuse. Dawkins has written that, "To slap a label on a child at birth – to announce, in advance … an infant's opinions on the cosmos and creation, on life and afterlives, on sexual ethics, abortion and euthanasia – is a form of mental child abuse."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/sep/11/creationism.education
That would be a good argument if the religion of science wasn't slapped on a child at birth - to announce, in advance ... an infant's options on the cosmos and creation, on life and afterlives, on sexual ethics, abortion and euthanasia - itself another form of mental child abuse.