Letters to the Editor
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But they will vote to fund science--or not
We live in a democracy, and those children will grow up to participate in the franchise. If they grow up believing that science is a fraud perpetrated by "them" on the "us" who have the God Given Truth, then they will vote against all sorts of candidates and issues where science is involved.
So, Cary, no--it's not all the same what they believe. And LW--go gently, b/c a doubting teacher may be better than the believing one they'll otherwise have, and perhaps he can be more respectful of science due to his doubts. But push him, if you can. That _Finding Darwin's God_ might be just the ticket.
I recently went on a dinosaur-themed field trip with my son's 2nd grade class, where dino fossils were handed around for the kids to feel. My son got into an argument about the bones with another boy, whose answer was "But that's not real, it's just science."
*That's* the outcome of teaching creationism/ID in church, much less church schools. Science =/= real. Science is a fraud. And when a kid like that grows up to vote--it's a bit scary. More than a bit scary.