Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site elsie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!elsie!mark From: mark@elsie.UUCP (Mark J. Miller) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: Creationists want evolution taught? Message-ID: <4093@elsie.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Dec-84 09:12:10 EST Article-I.D.: elsie.4093 Posted: Thu Dec 6 09:12:10 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Dec-84 06:30:26 EST References: <1451@ihuxl.UUCP> Organization: NIH-LEC, Bethesda, MD Lines: 18 > > 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. -- Mark J. Miller NIH/NCI/DCE/LEC UUCP: decvax!harpo!seismo!elsie!mark Phone: (301) 496-5688