Reply #148: I can answer for myself (in lieu of Jersey Girl)

[Dorian Gray]

ID should not be taught in schools. If a private Christian school wants to go ahead and teach it as science, that's their beef. I will agree with you and most posters here that those students will be ignorant and it's a shame. But it is in no way scientific and should not be taught as anything.

I have less of a problem with religious texts being used in a literature class (the Hindu Vedas, sections of the Bible, Buddhist tracts, OT Job/psalms may have a place in a comparative lit class). Comparing the Epic of Gilgamesh to the Noah story is very helpful in talking about archetypes in literature. But, I did teach that course... at a private high school in Hong Kong years ago.... so perhaps I am jaded. (I in no way pushed Christianity on my students. Most of them were non-religious themselves.)