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[pamela]

and howl they would.....
Such emotions and feelings are the very things that start the fire that consumes all reasonable common sense. To lash out and throw insults from either side of the issue will not change anything. It only serves to keep us all in a perpetual state of upheaval among the masses.
To attempt to even bring up the concept among many procreationists, a wall of defensiveness is immediately constructed. They want to protect their "god" and not allow for his/hers feelings to be hurt. The possibibilty of these written words being anything other that literal fact, is not even entertained. We remain an emotional lot, hence is our nature.
Providing clear, concise factual information is needed for not only the student but for every one. In just teaching about carbon dating for example, refutes the notion of world only having been in existance for 6000 or so years.
I would not expect that evolution would be taught on an elementary level as this is the frame in which the basics of reading, math and introduction to the sciences are taught. By middle school, the foundations have been laid and the conceptual understanding can now come into play.
And by this time, Moontanman, all those who bought the lie of Santa Clause, have come to know that he was a myth.
The facts cannot be refuted, when evidence has been provided.The Old Testament, an interesting piece of literature that can bring both dismay and hope, cannot be used as an accurate time line of events.There just is no data to support it as being so. It is our responsibility to provide accurate knowledge to the up in coming adults.And just as Greek and Roman mythology have a place in the classroom, so does the myth of creationism as well.