[danielf]

Originally Posted by homealone

However, in order to form an opinion, it must be possible to access the interpretation of that data on both sides of the debate - so in that respect I believe both scenarios should be discussed in teaching the concept of 'where we come from' ?

However, imo, one should not be promoted over the other, let people make up their own minds, but not in a way that assumes any other opinion thus becomes 'wrong'.

So why not include Flying Spaghetti Monsters? Intelligent falling?

I would think it makes sense to make the amount of time spent on any 'theory' proportional to the amount of evidence there is for that theory, not how much noise its proponents make. Ergo, exit creationism. (From Science classes anyway).