Were you here 12,000 years ago? Do you know for sure that the universe is older than that? Could it be remotely possible that God, through his almighty power, just might be able to create a universe which appears aged though it is still relatively young?
And to answer your poll, no, the government doesn't have an obligation to "correct" someone's Biblical teachings. I can just imagine how you/your party would react if Bush did. They'd be screaming "Separation of Church and State" from every rooftop.
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The Government doesn't have an obligation to say which scientific
theories are true and which are false. Does the Government have the right to tell the Muslims that Muhammad was wrong and the Allah isn't a real god? Or that Jesus didn't exist? The Government has absolutely no right to tell us what we should or should not believe.
So, I guess you're saying Falwell, Robertson and Dobson don't have a right to free speech?