One of my old professors, (and now my friend) sent this article my way--which, when I read, disappointed me immensely. It seems some state governments in the United States are ignoring their own constitutions by offering poor students "vouchers" for private, mostly Bible based, schools. This means, that some states (in this case, Louisiana) are using tax payer's money to fund schools that teach that dinosaurs roamed the earth with humans 6000 years ago--among other things.We all should be appalled--in fact, we should be outraged that this is happening. It sets the precedent that there are no standards for education, and that as long as you have enough money to back you, you can teach students that Leprechauns really do have a pot of gold, and at this school, we will teach you how to find it!!
No. Instead, we should be focusing on teaching students critical thinking skills, so they can identify this type of hokum when they see it. But this is not what the government wants. You see, if you teach people how to think, then they are more apt to see what is really going on. Can you see it? Can you see what is really going on? Governments LOVE religion, because it keeps people in the "sheeple state"--they believe what they hear without thinking about why. What governments fear are those that question why--and demand real answers. This is what critical thinking skills gives us, and this is what governments want to avoid. So now can you see why governments support creationist nonsense? Ah yes---to keep the critical thinkers at bay. So those of us that can think, we need to do what we can to stop this nonsense in its tracks.
