re: #1 songbird

Explore both, let data rule.

The is no obtainable data for a metaphysical concept.

I am firmly, absolutely certain God exists, and that he created everything.

I can’t prove it. I believe it.

Science is about data.
Faith is about belief.

It is mistake to conflate the things. Faith and Science. Belief and Data.

If creationism belongs anywhere in the classroom it belongs in Comparative Religion. But only after critical thinking skills are established.

Faith is a matter of the spirit. Knowledge is a matter of the mind. Even the Bible warns about mixing the two, from the Garden of Eden onward. We should heed that warning. Considering carefully when and where we attempt to bring the two together.