Hi Mike,

On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 09:07:24AM -0500, Mike Hord wrote:
> Ideally, school children should be taught little more than the fact
> that Creation happened before any living human was around, and
> that no written records have survived since then.

I've seen others mention this in debates. It is wrong though. There do exist
records concerning creation. (Evolution has nothing to do with creation
though.) The most well known record of creation is the cosmic background
radiation. On this planet, the radioactive dating of rocks is another. It is
not necessary to have written records or the presence of humans to know
about the past.

> At this point, the most critical juncture
> occurs:  under NO circumstances should a teacher state that the
> hypothesis brought forth by a student is "wrong".

I agree with this. What the teacher should do is ask the student to present
evidence for their hypothesis, both for and against. This will hopefully get
the student to do some good thinking. ;)

Take care, Matthew.

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