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From: mark@elsie.UUCP (Mark J. Miller)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Creationists want evolution taught?
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Date: Thu, 6-Dec-84 09:12:10 EST
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> 
> Of course, if textbooks had to include all of the half-truths
> and wild assertions needed to support creationism, the teachers would
> find it difficult to be heard over the laughter of all the students.
> 
> 
Unfortunately, not. Students, especially grade schoolers, believe what their
teachers tell them. Critical thinking is something that must be taught, it's
not instinctive. Indeed, the instinctive response is to accept what the
authorities tell you. Creationists are focusing their attacks on the schools
because they realize that that is where the mind of our nation is most
vulnerable. 

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Mark J. Miller
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