That's b/c we have creationist hucksters teaching our children. Evolution is science. Creationism is not science. The separate religious beliefs of practicing scientists should have nothing to do with the scientific method...unless of course you're a snake oil creationist.
In the beginning...nobody knows what happened in the beginning. Nobody.
That includes pre-scientific biblical stories of conjecture and speculation.
I’m sorry! Last time I checked, evolutionists were teaching kids in public schools, particularly in the science classes. So, why are they still sucking in the science departments?
As I said, I went to private school most of my early years. But, I transferred from a private school to a public school in 10th grade. Since I took Creation-based biology the first half of my sophomore year, by your logic, I should have bombed biology class when I went to public school. However, I had little trouble getting through biology class. I did pretty well, actually. In fact, I had the second best GPA of all 10th graders in that school (My buddy, Keisha, who used to go to the same private school that I attended, beat me for top honors).
Again, you make no sense, Decker. If "we don't know how we got here", then you CANNOT (with any certainty) that we came from non-living matter or DID NOT come from a sentient supernatural being.
Blaming Creationists for American kids lagging in the science departments is utterly ridiculous. It looks to me as if you're simply looking for a scapegoat.