The Milwaukee Journal had such a depressing article in it today. According to a recent poll, 50% of Wisconsin residents were in favor of having a law that would require public schools in Wisconsin to teach "the biblical theory of creation as an alternative to the theory of evolution." 43% were opposed. 56% feel that it would be just dandy if a public school teacher were to post the Ten Commandments in the classroom. 40% think it's a fine idea to post a picture of Mary and Jesus in the same classroom.
Maybe my sister is right. Maybe schools are setting too much time aside to teach non-essentials. Judging by this poll, they sure as hell don't seem to be teaching science, at least, not any kind of scientific thought that lasts into adulthood. They don't seem to be teaching critical thinking skills. The US Constitution and American History also seem to unknown subjects to many of the persons polled.
Yeah, let's teach creationism. While we're at it, we can also throw in the Demon Theory of Disease, alongside Germ Theory. Instead of wasting time on meteorology, how about adding the "God doesn't like you, so he sent a hurricane to your town" school of thought? Explain to the non-Christian kids just why the public schools want them to "have no other gods before" the Christian one. Heck, explain to a class of third graders what commiting adultery actually entails, or what it means to "covet thy neighbor's wife."
I suppose I shouldn't be shocked. Think about the number of people who believe that some guy is talking to the dead over on the Sci-fi channel, or that shark cartilage cures cancer, or that aliens want to abduct and inspect the gonads of hundreds of trailer park residents. I guess I am normally hopeful about the common sense of the average person, and the glaring evidence to the contrary gives me a good kick in the abdomen.
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