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If the fundie creation myth were taught in literature and in anthropology where it belongs, no.
Mary Anne — (archived)

But it's being taught in science classes like biology, which as a rule exclude myth as part of the curriculum because it's not science.

The Indian creation myth is not being taught in science class, not even in classrooms where the Indians are in the majority. It's understood to be a poetic interpretation of the beginnings of the world, constructed by people who had not yet discovered enought science to work on a model that agrees with the mechanics of the universe.

If only creationist fundamentalists would accept this about their own creation myth, this whole thread would be irrelavent. But they won't.

I can accept the Psalms. They are poetry, and they don't pretend to be anything else. Some people think they were inspired by God; some people think they were written by King David. Ultimately, though, they are poems presented as poems.

I don't accept the book. That's falsely advertized as science when it's really religion.

Creationism also poo-poos carbon dating, a direct attack on molecular chemistry, and declares that the universe was created in seven days, which certainly shoots cosmology all to hell.

Soon to appear in a middle school near you!

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