Thursday, June 09, 2005
Homemade Creationist Textbook Used In Virginia Biology Class
Jill Hoffman of the Roanoke Times reports that, "[t]he title of the homemade textbook alone, 'Creation Battles Evolution,' should have raised eyebrows." A school official recently instructed the biology teacher to stop using the book.
But no one complained in the 15-plus years that teacher Larry Booher distributed the 500-page text, which counters the theory of evolution and says that God created the universe. School officials say they had no idea about the book in the Biology 2 class at John S. Battle High School in Washington County.
Last month, a man identifying himself as a freelance writer from Charlottesville called Washington County Public Schools Superintendent Alan Lee to report that a teacher at John S. Battle High School was presenting a Christian view of the origin of life in class. The writer had obtained a copy of the teacher's source book from a former student.
