Who cares what they believe? They obviously have made very little headway in getting their religion taught in public schools in any form at all, and have made zero headway in getting evolution out of the schools. In fact, their goal isn't even to get evolution out of the schools, but that's for another thread.

I don't necessarily believe in the 6 24-hour day creation. But I don't care if someone does. Many of these people are high acheivers in the "secular" educational system. So creationism existing in society doesn't make people dumber. It just makes them more open to various theories that exist... whether they agree with them or not.

The low test scores in the U.S. have nothing to do with Christianity. If anything, they have to do with morality, discipline, and Christianity being taken OUT of the schools in the middle to end of last century (amazingly enough, when things sort of started going downhill in this country economically and socially).

I don't think public schools should teach religion or Christianity... don't get me wrong. But basic morals (pilosophy of ethics, morality, etc.) should be back in the curriculum in public schools. Getting it from Christianity as a *State* religion was wrong... but in tossing out moral ethics and Christianty from the school system they threw the baby out with the bathwater.

Kids should be taught the morals of good, hard work, diligence, fighting laziness, not wasting time and effort in gossip, backbiting, fighting, abusing drugs (not necessarily using them... but abusing them) etc... a host of things. All these things were taught when Christianity was in the schools (since they are all part of that religion).

Again, I *don't* want Christianity in the schools. But there needs to be a moral foundation for kids to grow on.

Quote Originally Posted by RamblerGambler
I've read what some folks have to say on this topic, but I thought I might open it up to the community at large. Personally I find it's very existance a slap in the face to logic and reason. America already test among the lowest in the world, now we're going to give make-believe stories the same credibility as Science?

So, what does anyone else thing on this?

If you are not familiar with this topic, enlighten yourself at these websites:
Creation Museum - Religion - New York Times
Ars takes a field trip: the Creation Museum: Page 1

And, god forbid, the Creation Museum itself Creation Museum - Creation Museum