Public School Creation Science
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چکیده
Many public school teachers are caught in a “no-mans land” when it comes to the teaching of origins. On the one hand, they want to teach creation. On the other hand they are told, ordered, coerced, or otherwise led to believe that they cannot teach creation and must teach evolution. Not only must they teach it, they must teach it as truth. What are these teachers to do? When should they “step out on faith”, “do the right thing”, or any other cliché one can use?
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