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The Indiana Senate has approved a bill to allow the state’s public schools to teach creationism in science classes as long as they include origin of life theories from multiple religions.
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The bill permits local school boards to offer classes that include origin theories from religions including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Scientology.
via Indiana Senate Approves Bill To Teach Creationism Alongside Evolution In Public Schools | Fox News.
Well, turn about is fair play, I guess….
This is too sad to be too funny….
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Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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So, what do they teach in sociology, world history/civilization, and literature classes now? Understanding creation myths are useful to understanding all literature.
I’m all for teaching Creation myths, even the myths, but not in science!