W.Va. Schools Consider Creationism And Evolution Scientific Equals

The video above is a livestream from Thursday's meeting of the West Virginia School District Board. Most of the video contains the typically boring questions of allocating funds and modernizing schools to keep up with the times. The unusual and eye-opening part of the video begins around the 45:50 mark where a reporter asks about the teaching of both Creationism, which is absolutely unproven mythology versus teaching the scientific evidenced-based evolution. In other words, a SCIENCE teacher has to acknowledge an unproven theory based on pure malarkey as the scientific equivalent to proven scientific theory? Yep! That's right. *facepalm

The three gentlemen, representing 75% of the school board (one woman is not present) all believe that evolution is just a theory. Gravity, apparently is just a theory too, right?

Bruce Knell, who has 40 years of teaching experience, believes creationism should be taught in Putnam County Schools just as Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is taught.

“I think we can’t single one position,” Knell said. “If we’re going to teach one, we should teach all theories.

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Knell, along with incumbents Sam Sentelle and Jack Coyner met with Gazette-Mail editors Thursday. Diana McCallister is also a candidate for one of the two open spots on the Putnam Board of Education, but did not attend the meeting Thursday.

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