Erik Bussa needs to get his facts straight. Creationism and evolutionism are both based on philosophies of science (for example, religious beliefs); neither of these philosophies is more scientific than the other. Theism and atheism are both non-falsifiable premises upon which these antithetical philosophies are respectively based. Data may be interpreted in different ways to fit with different theories, but there is no way to empirically test whether creation or macroevolution have ever occurred.
Scientists who believe in evolution never try to prove this theory is wrong. It is merely accepted as a mandatory consensual paradigm, and data is interpreted in terms of that paradigm.
In other words, evolution is a philosophical starting point which must be agreed upon because the only alternative is creation, which might not even be considered because it requires a Creator.
As for the public education system, if Bussa really cares so much about the Constitution, he should acknowledge that the Constitution does not allow for the government to be involved in education at all. The state has no right to indoctrinate children in any philosophy whether it be theism, atheism, creationism, evolutionism, Christianity or humanism. What children are taught is none of the government’s business.
Nathan Bishoffsenior in political science
