Which Belief to Teach?

The debate of Christian conservatives against educators and scientists on teaching the origin of man by the "intelligent theory", goes to court today. The theory teaches that man must have been created by a god-like object. There is a separation between church and state and these parents believe it is being crossed. They can't understand why this "intelligent theory", which has no scientific proofs or facts, is being taught in the student's science courses. The teachers say that they are not teaching the theory, but letting the students know it is out there just like creationism and evolution are. They also have President Bush on their side since he stated that schools should teach evolution and "intelligent theory." There are 31 states taking steps to teach alternatives to evolution, but a CBS poll last November found 65 percent of Americans favor teaching creationism as well as evolution while 37 percent want creationism taught instead of evolution. The trial is expected to last at least 5 weeks until final deliberation.