News article on the science/religion teaching methods in schools

Although I do agree with Professor Lane’s views that religion is a outlook in which to gain meaning, and that science, psychology, sociology and many other factors all influence religions themselves, I think that as it is such a fragile issue in the present world that we live, we are not allowing ourselves to get to the core route of it. I have attached a news article which I think highlights the problems we face, and although it focuses primarily on the religion vs science/evolution debate, I think this shows why the issue is unlikely to be truly tackled on a global scale at any time in the near future.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article4735469.ece

The article itself discusses the concept of teaching about creationism in the classroom, and argues that more individuals would open up and understand the science/religion debate if they were taught this way in school from a young age. It goes into a recent speech given by Rev Professor Michael Reiss, a Royal Society scientist, and it discusses he theory that creationism should be a “world view” in science education, because at the moment he sees it as demonstrably unscientific.

Personally I’m not sure I agree with Reiss views on this issue, although I do think that both science and religion should be taught differently from a young age, and that the issues that Professor Lane is discussing now, should already have been introduced and related to us whilst we were growing up and were being initially socialized into the world.