rosborne979 wrote:I don't agree with ignoring the problem. That's what scientists have been doing for years now, and it has resulted in encrouchment by the evangelicals into every nook and cranny they can find to spread their anti-science view of things.
Bad things happen, when good people stand by and do nothing.
The accomplishments and methods of science need to be defended, not just accepted as impossible to deny.
I didn't say to ignore the problem. I don't think the problem should be ignored.
I'm saying that you cannot ask evangelicals to teach evolution. They don't understand it, they don't believe it. It would be like asking scientists to teach intelligent design! The issue is that, really, it is the concept of an evangelical school that needs to be abolished.
At least, that is the only way to solve the problem with respect to these people. But evangelicals are a small percentage of the population so it would suffice to try to make a difference in public schools and ignore the evangelicals altogether because they are already crazy.