Title: Teaching of evolution in U.S. schools
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Teaching the origin of species in schools
Conflicts regarding evolution, intelligent
design & creationism in U.S. public schools
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Content: although they share Genesis with Christians, they never developed the concept of original sin. Liberal Christians also have no problem; most have already concluded that Genesis is a myth. But the rejection of original sin would shake conservative Christianity to its knees, and so is unlikely to happen. The battle over the teaching of creation science in the public schools will not be resolved soon. The concept of separation of church and state that is contained within the First Amendment of the Constitution requires that public schools do not teach that: one religion as superior to any other religion, or that

religion is superior to a secular lifestyle. Creation science could be taught in the public schools in a comparative religion curriculum. It can be argued that it is important that it be taught in order that the students become fully aware of the range of beliefs about origins among different religions. But, in order to be constitutional in the U.S.: