Re: Dinosaurs on Mars?
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I do, however, want you to stop teaching your religion in my public schools to unsuspecting heads full of mush and calling it scientific.
Which
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This is where you are confused. You don't understand what science is, how it works, or what its goals are. It is the Working Assumption of Science that known laws of physics apply continuously in the past, present, and future. On this assumption great progess has been made in understanding how things work. Theories of science are based on this assumption and on empirical data. This is how Science came up with its theories about the history of life on Earth. That's why they are called scientific theories. Because they conform to the Working Assumptions of Science.
We teach Science in our Public schools because Science has a record of reliability in its practical application. Science has allowed us to go to the moon. Our entire high tech lifestyle depends on solutions provided us by science. It is well worth our tax dollars to teach it to our children. We make no distinction for science that might offend some religious beliefs. We just teach the science.
Religious Beliefs about supernatural forces or supernatural agency are not science and we don't have a reason to spend tax dollars teaching them in our public schools. Science does not disprove such Religious Beliefs. Science does not even speak to them. There is no reason why, when your kids get home from science class, you can't point this out to them and give your Religious instruction on Supernatural Agency to them at home.
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