Science

It was easier to teach science in the Catholic school than semi-rural (edge of suburbs of Dayton) Ohio.

Those who know the Bible, know it was never meant to be a science book. It is a book about how to live. Ask any Jewish person you know and they will tell you that BOTH of the creation stories are meant to be allegories. Only a handful of evangelical Christian sects want to use the Bible as a science book.

My Jewish friends would likely agree with this paraphrase of Rabbi Hillel's summary of the law...Do not do anything to anyone, that you would not want done to you. All the rest is commentary.

Throw in Micah's "Do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God" and you have a pretty good way to live and a good society if you understand that justice is everyone gets what they deserve...a fair wage, a place to live, forgiveness of burdensome debt, etc. Unfortunately, the very vocal evangelical sects who scream over what real people of faith do not believe those things and certain don't live them.

Addon...had two school board members in 1999 want to fire me for showing the National Geographic documentary about the Lucy fossils (members of the local Baptist Church). Superintendent told me to cool it. My response, tell them if they fire me over this, 75 years after the Scopes monkey trial that when I win the wrongful termination lawsuit I will turn both of their homes into homeless shelters to live out Matthew 25. They backed down from their threats and I happily found a better paying teaching job somewhere else. That would NEVER happen in a Catholic school.