I was very disappointed to read comments from BYU professors in Thursday's article, 'Grand Canyon Book Creates Conflict.' The professor's comments especially made me again question the real beliefs of some professors who teach us everyday. Creationism is just as much a scientific explanation as evolution or any other explanations of the creation and history of our world.
I cringed as I read that the professor invoked the classic 'separation of church and state' and that, 'the government cannot use public facilities to advance the cause of a religion.'
So what the professor wants is to silence the government's opinion if a hint of divine intervention is proposed as an explanation. I guess we shouldn't be teaching the idea that God created the world in our public schools either.
I understand that the professor is probably caught up in the sciences and has lost sight of what education and teaching is really about. I ask the professor to practice a little faith, and not rely only on empirical, tangible evidence to teach about the earth. I choose to practice faith with logic, rather than using world logic alone.
Daniel Woolston
Sugar Land, Texas