Creationist/ID Education should be allowed

No, that would not be ethical. Evolution is the only theory of the origin of species that is supported by all scientific evidence. It would be a lie to pretend otherwise in a science class. I cannot agree with this rationale for teaching creationism in science class.

It would be unconstitutional in the US to revise a science curriculum for this reason. Perhaps a compromise would be for you to teach your child religion at home or in Sunday school.

Well it would appear that we could still teach mathematics and logic.

But yeah, I'd come up with a pretty similar list of things Genologist logically should protest against being taught. I'll note that most creationist don't have any problem using the technology for which that infernal science creates the basis.

There is a place and a plan for people who would write such a textbook for children. I cannot say exactly where and what, but the location is somewhere in Ring 4 (perhaps ditch 8??).

Just sad. What the @#$% happens if the child ever finds out that we know exactly what electricity is?

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Those things are not 'electricity'. The field is an electric field, yes, but the field is not 'electricity'. An electric field is present whenever a charge, moving or stationary is present, but that field is not electricity either.

Electricity is a name we give to a set of phenomena associated with electric charges. And we know those phenomena in every detail imaginable.

Further, we know exactly what an electric field is as well.

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The writer was incorrect. He did not say that we did not know what energy was. Some how you decided to change the subject from electricity to energy.

But what are the seven forms of Energy? That ought to be good for a laugh.

I went to a private high school in Georgia. We were required to take courses in Old Testament history and New Testament history to graduate. I don't remember anyone belly-aching about the classes, including the Jewish students. The 9th grade biology course was conventional in every respect including teaching the theory of evolution and discussion of abiogenesis. Neither being in the deep South nor being religious requires this crap.

This is about a particular bunch of religious folk.

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Did they denounce 'critical thinking' in the general sense?

The platform of the Texas Republican Party is beyond stupid. But the Texas GOP actually qualifies the term to refer to the teaching they oppose. It is the rest of the world that understands the GOP to effective oppose 'critical thinking' in the general sense. The GOP wants to undermine any teaching that might cause a critical thinking student to question his religious beliefs. Criticizing science if fair game.

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Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.

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Naughty fellow. You have ellipsis dotted away some very relevant qualifiers. I'll restore the qualifiers and add italics and bold font for emphasis.

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We oppose the teaching of ... critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority

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In other words, these wing nuts have some particular critical thinking programs in mind. Namely, programs that challenge religious and progressive beliefs.

Understood. I wasn't questioning your point. I was just dumping out some more ridicule for the anti-science group, by pointing out that what they do isn't about Jesus.