[KenWittlief]

religion has been a part of humanity forever. I think somewhere around 90% of the earths population participate in some form of religious belief.

Its a major factor in who we are, and why we do what we do as a species.

In public schools one religion should not be promoted over another. No relgion should be taught as the correct belief system

but to competely ban all references to any aspect of any and all religions, to act as if religion does not exist, that would be bizzare. That would be like pretending physics doenst exist and no one were allowed to mention it.

The idea of the first couple raises many scientific and mathematical questions. Whether you believe in creation or evolution, most likely there was one original human. The entire human race must have decended from one original person. It is interesting to calculate, based on our knowledge of population growth, how many years ago that person existed.

Also the field of genetics has attempted to trace back all genetic traits to a single ancestor. To call the original couple Adam and Eve can either be taken literally or as a mythological figure of speech.

If a physics question asked how big would the wings on Mercurys feet have to be to allow him to fly with a glide slope of 10 to 1, would you think someone was imposing their religious beliefs on you?