Our Endangered Values, by Jimmy Carter: on Education


Jimmy Carter: No place for religion in the science classroom

One of my favorite writers on scientific subjects was Stephen Jay Gould, with whom I corresponded on occasion. In 2002, he sent me a copy of "Rocks of Ages," his intriguing book that was designed to resolve the conflict between science and religion. His approach was to separate the two completely, in what he called "nonoverlapping magisteria." The great observations of science would define the natural world, and the overall teaching (magisterium) of religion would define the spiritual world, and they should not intrude on each other.

For me, this was an acceptable approach. There is no place for religion in the science classroom, but it will not end the commitment of some devout Christians to reject all aspects of Charles Darwin's explanation of evolution or any geological discoveries that indicate an earth that is more than 6000 years old.

Source: Our Endangered Values, by Jimmy Carter, p. 49-50 Sep 26, 2006

  • The above quotations are from Our Endangered Values:
    America's Moral Crisis    ,
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