Creationism in Hampshire (Revised)

March 10, 2009 2:05 pm

I had originally written this story under the mistaken assumption that it was in New Hampshire, when it was in fact in Hampshire, England! Thanks Glenn for the clarification. I suppose it was my prejudice that England would never stoop to such lows, but I have seen the error in my ways.

Of all the places thinking about introducing creationist material into classrooms, the last place I thought it would show up was in England. Unfortunately, this fucking nonsense is showing up there too. Some clown named Clive Erricker has written a curriculum for the teaching of both in the science classroom, and his reasons for doing so are so transparent, I don’t feel the need to repeat it.

When are people going to put their foot down on this issue? It’s already been made abundantly clear that creationism is not supposed to be taught in public school science class. Modern creationists are claiming that their inability to teach this nonsense in classrooms is a form of intellectual discrimination. It’s bullshit of course, but it’s enough to open the door for them.

Schools really need to clamp down on this kind of thing, since it will really start to confuse kids as to what constitutes a sound theory in science. No, reading a bit of mythology and interpreting it litterally is not sound science, people! I don’t know about you, but I’m at the end of my rope here…

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Glenn Branch

March 10, 2009

That’s Hampshire in England, not New Hampshire in New England!
amber

March 10, 2009

You guys should get your asses on twitter. Cause you’re not busy enough already…
Nick

March 10, 2009

This -would- be intellectual discrimination, if there were anything intellectual -about- creationism.
Infinite Monkey

March 11, 2009

I’m thinking if creationism should be taught in public schools, then so should alternative medicine, the grass knoll theory, holocaust denialism, and cryptozoology.