Try the following for size;
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"(Darwinism is) a faith which is blind and vain by comparison with the faith of the Christian...A Christian teacher of biology will not or should not regard the theory of evolution as axiomatic, but will oppose it, while teaching it alongside creation."
Boy, those crazy Americans huh?
Well no, actually. This is a quote from a teacher in a creationist run school in Gateshead, UK. This school receives state funding and yet, religion creeps into every lesson. More info here;
Top school's creationists preach value of biblical story over evolution | UK news | The GuardianTony Blair's opinion on this?
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In the end, a more diverse school system will produce better results for our children."
I can only echo Francis Wheen's response to this, in his superb book "How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World - A Short History of Modern Delusions";
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What if some schools informed their pupils that the moon were made of Swiss cheese, or that the stars were God's daisy-chain? Would that be welcomed as another healthy consequence of Blair's "more diverse school system"?
Quite. Wheen also gets extra points in my book for quote PG Wodehouse (Stars are God's daisy-chain? Unlikely!)
What Gordon "son of the manse" Brown thinks about all this I don't know, but the government promises "guidance for schools, on the way creationism and intelligent design relate to science teaching". I hope it doesn't prove to be a cop-out.
Edited by Granny Magda, : Added last 2 lines.
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