DK, thanks for getting this thread started. I was debating doing it myself.
Quote: winged creature said: there is no science to Creationism, it should be kept out of the science curriculum. I dont think religion should be involved in school systems, if wanna learn about religion go to a place of worship or in a school that affiliated with religion, not public schools.
This is essentially the argument, to me, in a nutshell.
There is no science in Creatiionism. It is not science when the theory is presumed to be correct prior to beginning any kind of investigation. The whole point of SCIENCE is that a theory is submitted for refutation. That is, the goal of science is to put a theory "in harm's way" to determine if it stands up to rigorous empirical scrutiny.
Creationism fails to do this because its whole premise is that "there is a God," which is not subject to empirical refutation or support.
I'm not saying Creationism does not have a place in somewhere in public education. Perhaps a philosophy class or an Ethics class. But it does not belong in a science class.
