Neon,
1.) They taught certain rocks, fossils, ect...through carbon dating were a certain age which has now proven to be scientific guess work. They now use Radiation dating which is more accurate (sometimes). So now you see, they have new "facts" or scientific data that is being taught, along with new theories that are being derived from the new facts.
2.) Yes, but it takes faith to make the assumption that the instruments being used are in fact providing us with accurate information. There was a divice that was made to detect nutrons passing through a hole. The experiment was used to see if two nutrons would pass through the same hole or not. What they discovered was each time the instrument was used to detect a certian action, the outcome of the experiment would produce the same results, but as soon as it was set up to detect a different outcome, those results would be the outcome. This was a closed system, yet it appeared that the tool that was used to detect the outcome detected exactly what they wanted to which was inconsistant of what they were trying to detect. (I'm looking for a link which might better explain this...)
3.)You are absolutely correct, but I was not limiting the environment to geological changes...
Is it fair to say that science has really only become relative in the last two or three hundred years or so? Through technology of our own design we are given more and more tools to look deeper into our universe than ever before. The more advance we become, the more we come to realize how much we don't know.
So is creationism a science? Should it be taught as such? People (kids) should be given the choice to decide which theories or ideas they would like to adopt. Creation of the universe isn't much harder to swallow that the idea that humans came from a caticlismic event of exploding gas millions/billions/trillions of years ago. The idea that we can have the diversity of all the different species of plants, animals, minerials, personallities, problems, solutions, emotions, and ideas all from a single massive event isn't any more unbelieveable than a supreme being creating us and all the diversity of the universe.
The purpose of schools is to educate our youth.
transitive and intransitive verb teach: to give knowledge to or develop the abilities of somebody by teaching {educated at a public school}
There shouldn't be a selective knowlege base of which to be taught from, but rather expanded.
I might also add that any seperation of Church and State issues that are persued are done so out of fear. Can we agree that the origin of this debate in the US Government stems from fear? Why must we be driven by fear? I would much rather be driven by the thirst for knowlege and the gain of spiritual awareness of myself, the people around me, and the world I live in. When ever we are driven by fear, we become blind to other possibilities, outcomes, and solutions. If you take fear out of the equation, we could have the opertunity to develop in a much more open way which would excellerate our evolutionary process of becoming a more advanced race; socially, mentally, and spiritually.
~Peace~
