Mode of the Debate: Targeting Children

Answers in Genesis is going after the young. I know that religious folk have been ”teaching’ their children for millennia, so it’s not surprising to me. I know homeschooling, for reasons beyond me, is popular in the US, so of course it’s going to happen. That doesn’t stop it scaring me just like the indoctrination in Jesus Camp did. See these examples.This is a youtube clip of AiG’s Ken Ham and Buddy Davis, from HBO’s Documentary ”Friends of God’.
And this one of their new books, entitled “It’s Designed to Do What It Does Do”: And another of Ken's, titled “Dinosaurs of Eden: A Biblical Journey Through Time”. They’re not the only ones. See Duane Gish’s “Dinosaurs by Design” There are plenty of others, and this isn’t just a list of them. Just check a typical homeschooling site for materials.Fortunately for me, I also found some books (not on a homeschooling site - that’s like checking an Islamic seafood store for prawns) with the opposing views: As well as this beautiful series by Jennifer Morgan: However, there was significantly less, for children at least, on this side of the fence (about 6-10 books, compared to 50-ish on the other side). Plus I don't know if there are any songs about it, or children's lectures on it (science classes at high school don't count, as that is way above where the creationists are aiming). I want to discuss a possible reason for this.I think it might be that proponents of evolution are so against the indoctrinate of children on the other side (creationism) that they stay away from it themselves on principle. But I don’t think there is anything wrong with giving children the knowledge of the best that science has, as long as you also teach them how to think critically about it.Perhaps the proponents are just too busy, or perhaps the science is considered too complicated. Or maybe this is normal for science, and instead it's a deliberate manoeuvre by the creationists (to 'save children from evilution'). I’m not sure what it is, so I started this thread.Edited by Doddy, : adding other pictureEdited by Doddy, : clarify

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