Archbishop: Stop teaching Creationism in schools!

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.

"I think creationism is ... a kind of category mistake, as if the Bible were a theory like other theories ... if creationism is presented as a stark alternative theory alongside other theories I think there's just been a jarring of categories ... My worry is creationism can end up reducing the doctrine of creation rather than enhancing it," he said.

I have made this point before. The last thing that Christians should want is to open the biblical story of creation to scientific scrutiny. The idea that these budding scientists are going to accept the "and God made it so" argument are just kidding themselves.

These kids are going to want to know how He made it so, and where is the evidence that there was a divine hand guiding the creation of the planet and the creatures that inhabit it. I actually think that having creationsim taught alongside evolution, and holding it to the same scientific criteria, would quickly destroy Creationism's credibility.

That is of course if the two were taught equally.

What would be in the creationists textbook? Where would be the data? I mean wouldn't it just be a thin book with one page that said, "God did it!"