Millibeth Currie, a nationally board-certified teacher who chairs the science department at Moultrie Middle School, was involved in the first phase of the standards review this go-round.
“Science is everywhere. It’s explaining our system of our universe that exists right now,” which means a student’s family background or philosophy or religion doesn’t even factor into the equation.
When religious concerns are raised, “I kind of neutralize it. There’s no way of being able to answer who’s right or who’s wrong” among different religions, she said. “The focus should be on discovering the commonalities in our universe.”
Well yes, If you accept a naturalistic worldview. But is that worldview correct?
The compartmentalization of science away from ethical and moral concerns is a religious statement of its own. Science concerns how the creation works, not why or from what/who the creation springs. Out of context, you get materialism.
The scientific flaws in the Theory of Evolution are very real, but perhaps they are best taught in churches, not public schools, where it would be almost impossible for the intelligent design case to get a fair and informed presentation.