Do you believe Creationism should be taught in public schools

[Goldwater]

Not unless it's part of some sort of religious studies class.

[Goldwater]

Yes because they deserve to here the scientific and valid arguments behind it!

Such as...

[Goldwater]

Yes, it needs to be part of the social studies curriculum.  A significant portion of this country believes in creationism so it needs to be covered from that POV.  However, it has absolutely no place in a science class except maybe as an example of what is not science.  Basically, the non-theistic attempts at creationism all boil down to, I can't imagine how evolution might have produced a particular characteristic, therefore it must be impossible for it have done so.

Yeah, far too often I've heard people say that evolution is wrong becasue monkeys still exist. It's like somehow people have gotten the idea that evolution claims that humans literally came from modern monkeys, which is some pretty ridiculous misinformation.

[Goldwater]

So your "proof" for creationism is that things exist? How exactly does that disprove evolution?

[Goldwater]

I understand those scenarios may seem far-fetched, but I believe the Bible, so they're going to have to do.  As for radiometric dating, there are well-documented instances of the dates being way, way off.  Regardless, the laws of nuclear decay could have been very different during creation week pre-Fall, so that's a possibility as well.

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~plaisted/ce/dating2.html

But, just think about it.  How would a lemur know to walk from Asia, across Africa and swim across the open ocean to Madagascar?  They can't swim either, much less over 200 miles from Africa to Madagascar.  Why can't you just accept that it's a metaphorical narrative?

If you look at the wildlife on those isolate places, you can tell they were isolated from the rest of the land for long periods of time, millions of years.  Literally the only explanation. 

With God, all things are possible.  If one presumes the Binle is true, then it is more than possible to construct a framework for geographic isolation of species.

http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c006.html

But doesn't saying that in an argument like this mean you can literally dismiss any scientific evidence that doesn't agree with your worldview, regardless of how solid it is?

[Goldwater]

Atheism should be taught in public schools.

And private schools should be banned.

Why would a public school teach religion?

Atheism =/= religion

Anyway, the point of a public school is to teach, and refuting common misconceptions is a vital part of education.

Religion = common misconception

Atheism = refutation of religion

So, are teachers supposed to give lectures on how God doesn't exist, or something like that? Sounds like a ridiculous  proposal, although I shouldn't be surprised considering the source.