Officially, i think creationism should be taught where i heard about it: in the Religious Education classroom.
As there is very little empirical evidence in favour of Creationism it should not be taught in the way that the concept of light waves going through "the ether" is not taught at school, or the "flat earth theory" is not taught.
Obviously there are flaws in any theory of evolution or natural selection, that is why it is called a theory. But by the same token biblical creationism or even intelligent design would not register on the scientific scale. And yes the name given to a part of science is important:
Laws are proven facts for the given conditions (eg Ohm's Law, Newton's Laws etc)
Theories have a strong body of evidence but contain something that makes it impossible to prove for sure, or it has not yet be extensively tested in all possible situations (eg Theory of general relativity)
and then things such as principles, which seem to have less basis but hold (pauli exclusion principle etc.)
and so on down the scale
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