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To: LindyBill who wrote (86822)	11/17/2004 8:56:37 PM
From: Valley Girl	of 537996

I believe Catholicism teaches that the stories in Genesis are allegorical. Their truth isn't meant to be literal. This is true of most other "mainstream" Christian religions, too. Belief that the Earth is literally 5000-odd years young, that the Rapture is coming, that evolution did not give rise to mankind, etc., are aspects of so-called "fundamentalist" Christian religions. Public schools should teach generally accepted scientific fact, not religious beliefs. People who want their children to learn creation science should send them to a private school. To help as many of them as possible opt out of a system that teaches something they don't believe, they should get a voucher or tax refund for the money that the state would otherwise have had to pay to educate their children.