Not just in Kansas, Anymore....

[Richard Pyle]

> Darren Loomis wrote....
> > > Should we include in the classes the creation "theories" of all
> religions and
> > > peoples?  Or in this case is only the Bible version the only correct
> one?

Ron Gatrelle wrote:

> This is a very good point and I am glad someone finally brought it up.

[...]

This point actually has been brought up in a number of newspaper articles
and editorials, and will no doubt come up again at tomorrow evening's
hearings.  Hawaii really does have an amazingly diverse demographic, and if
multiple perspectives of origins are to be taught here, it makes most sense
to teach the Native Hawaiian story of origins first, followed next by other
Pacific cultural perspectives, followed next by a suite of origin stories
from different Asian regions, and then perhaps also the perspective of
various European, Native American, and South American stories of origin to
round it out (did I miss any?) My wife and I will likely make this point in
our oral testiomy as well.  Our main point, however, is that none of these
stories should be included within the context of a science class.

Aloha,
Rich