'Creationist Scientist' quits

[Robert]

Seems he was misquoted, to be fair.

The Royal Society reiterated that its position was that creationism had no scientific basis and should not be part of the science curriculum.
"However, if a young person raises creationism in a science class, teachers should be in a position to explain why evolution is a sound scientific theory and why creationism is not, in any way, scientific."

Professor Chris Higgins, vice-chancellor of the University of Durham, said: "There should be no room for doubt creationism is completely unsupportable as a theory, and the only reason to mention creationism in schools is to enable teachers to demonstrate why the ideas is scientific nonsense and has no basis in evidence or rational thought."

Despite the above comments, it looks as though he may actually have been mistakenly scape-goated.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7619670.stm

 

[the_leander]

It's a real shame, because if you read his original point, it was basically saying for teachers to be armed with the tools to imediately debunk anything a creationist could say at short notice, then provide the fuller explanation.

Which I would agree with.

And yes, I agree with you, this guy's been made a scapegoat after being horrifically misquoted.