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Science, Creationism, and the Constitution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2017

Delos B. McKown
Delos B. McKown*
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Department of Philosophy, Auburn University, AL 36849
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Abstract

Even though our Constitution is utterly secular, the practice of religion enjoys stronger legal guarantees than does the dissemination of scientific knowledge, especially in the public schools. Americans are often led to believe that science and religion do not conflict, but this is false whenever a religion based on scriptural inerrancy arises as is now the case with resurgent fundamentalism. Current battles between “scientific creationism” and evolution illustrate but do not exhaust this point. Since science education cannot escape the growing fundamentalist threat, the friends of science ought to increase their influence in public school curricula, in guaranteeing scientific integrity in curricula, and in improving the image of science.

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Research Article
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The Paleontological Society Special Publications , Volume 1: The Evolution-Creation Controversy: Perspectives on Religion, Science, and Education-A Handbook , 1984 , pp. 134 - 140
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Copyright © 1994 Paleontological Society 

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