[Linus]

Originally Posted by Miss Tick

I would think that teaching kids incorrect information would go against the mission statement of Common Core State Standards. But I guess if these kids go to religious universities then the fact that they have been given wrong information won't hamper them much. I guess. It's a puzzler why anyone would want to hobble their kids but I imagine the religious parents don't see it that way. And I guess as long as people in the US continue to have a percentage of people who believe evolution is incorrect and that global climate change isn't happening, etc., it won't matter in the long run anyway. A study done found that 1/3 of Americans reject evolution and 14% believe evolution is "definitely true" while more than 80% of Europeans accept the concept of evolution as true. The only country included in the study that rejected evolution more consistently than the US was Turkey. But I guess that's the price we all pay for religious freedom. There is no other alternative. Look at the Catholic Church it took them over 200 years to stop believers from accepting the reality that the earth revolves around the sun and almost another 200 to pardon Galileo.

Actually, some still believe that

Originally Posted by tapu

Oh, we teach kids plenty of incorrect information. And some would argue it isn't incorrect at all. The education system is not perfect.

And, allowing alternative belief systems to be taught in private religions schools is the price we pay for freedom of religion; matter of fact, it is the essence of it.

It would be great if they taught it in comparison but they don't. While not all religious schools use a book like this, the ones who do are likely to only provide this book. And that does a huge disservice.