Teaching truth, allowing for belief Bravo to the National
Academy of Sciences for stating what should be obvious - that
evolution should be taught in public schools; that so-called
"creation science" should not, because it is bogus; and that
acceptance of evolution does not require abandoni Published:
Sunday, January 6, 2008 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday,
January 4, 2008 at 9:41 p.m. The Academy, the nation's most
eminent scientific organization, on Thursday reported that
evidence for evolution is overwhelming and growing. DNA
research, fossil discoveries and scientific observations about
emerging diseases all have substantiated evolution, it notes.
The Academy's new 70-page book, "Science, Evolution and
Creationism," which is aimed specifically at the lay public,
says it is wrong to teach creationism, which holds that all life
came into existence at the same time, in schools because it is
false science. At the same time, it says "attempts to put
science and religion against each other create controversy