Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucdcsb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!cord!hudson!ihnp1!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcsb!miller From: miller@uiucdcsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Education of creationists' child Message-ID: <11000103@uiucdcsb.UUCP> Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 21:22:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcsb.11000103 Posted: Sun Dec 2 21:22:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 07:22:58 EST References: <1236@dciem.UUCP> Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #R:dciem:-123600:uiucdcsb:11000103:000:1124 Nf-From: uiucdcsb!miller Dec 2 20:22:00 1984 This whole discussion concerning the education of creationists' children is absurd. It is based upon a false premise: that creationists do not want their children to hear about evolution. On the contrary, creationists want their children to hear *both sides*, feeling that students are intelligent enough to make up their own minds in favor of which model fits the scientific facts better. Furthermore, as creationists obviously realize, evolutionary philosophy dominates our society. It would be stupid for creationists not to want to prepare their children for future conficts which must inevitably arise. To do that, one must know one's opponent. I have challenged Martin (et al.) to document his slander concerning creation- ists in net.origins (where this discussion belongs). He is free to use any published matterial from the Institute for Creation Research, the Creation Research Society, the Bible Science Association, or Students for Origins Research. Since he has not done so, we can only conclude that his paranoid fear springs from his own mind, and has no basis in reality. A. Ray Miller Univ Illinois