Archbishop of Canterbury argues against teaching creationism in schools. Even schools started by Christians. This seems a bit odd to me because the actual theory being taught is Intelligent Design, not creationism. There seems to be significant confusion here.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has stepped into the controversy between religious fundamentalists and scientists by saying that he does not believe that creationism – the Bible-based account of the origins of the world – should be taught in schools.
Giving his first, wide-ranging, interview at Lambeth Palace, the archbishop was emphatic in his criticism of creationism being taught in the classroom, as is happening in two city academies founded by the evangelical Christian businessman Sir Peter Vardy and several other schools.
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The debate over creationism or its slightly more sophisticated offshoot, so-called "intelligent design" (ID) which argues that creation is so complex that an intelligent – religious – force must have directed it, has provoked divisions in Britain but nothing like the vehemence or politicisation of the debate in the US. There, under pressure from the religious right, some states are considering giving ID equal prominence to Darwinism, the generally scientifically accepted account of the evolution of species. Most scientists believe that ID is little more than an attempt to smuggle fundamentalist Christianity into science teaching.
Complete Story: Archbishop: stop teaching creationism.
Amazing that he actually advocates a position contrary to the position taken by the very one he is meant to represent.
Telling, isn’t it. If he was the spokesman for the President he would have been fire.