Monday, April 14, 2008

Ethics: What Should We Teach Children About Origins?

Ben Stein’s movie, Expelled, comes out this Friday, and I thought it would be worthwhile to talk about the issue of creation, evolution, and intelligent design from an educational perspective. What should our approach be toward our own children on these topics? What should the schools do in teaching these subjects? Teach all, teach one, or avoid it altogether? Does it really matter what you believe about origins? Is this a religious discussion or a scientific one? And what about the Constitution?