Cal Thomas is apparently clueless

about the fundamental differences between a bona fide scientific theory

and a mythology such as creationism or astrology. The former is based

on verified rules of inference and validated data collection techniques

and the latter is based upon fantasized connections and long-held personal

beliefs.

Our constitution grants all

of us the right to be as willfully ignorant as we wish, but this isn't

the best basis for educational integrity.

Many claims made in the Bible

about the physical world are patently wrong as any elementary course in

physics and in astronomy shows. Creationism is a bogus attempt to conceal

these errors of fact, and this is intellectually dishonest.

Popular superstitions the Earth

is flat, the number 13 is bad and the bogus beliefs of creationists are

rightfully omitted from educational curricula.

Peter Duran

Fayetteville