LH, I wouldn't for one second attribute any of the shallowness of a fundamentalist to you, I have read too many of your posts over too many years for that.

I just started waxing lyrical after I'd finished responding to this bit.

"Now, what do I see there? 2 sets of insecure but curious people trying to say basically the same thing, but from an entirely different emotional basis, that's all. One wants to be mystical and emotional and passionate about it, the other wants to be non-mystical, impassionate, and dryly technical about it."

My point is that, yes different scintists interpret data differently, but the job of a science teacher is to teach "science - the discipline".

Ths means arming the student with the ability to observe clearly and accurately.

It doesn't mean teaching any world view.

And in this respect, your post is in my view in error as it ascribes a "view" to science.

Newton, Einsten et al made observations about the behaviour of the universe that are useful to us and those observations are taught in science, not just because they have practical value, but because they are excellent examples of how to make useful and detailed observations.

In recreating their work, we can learn the importance of being rigorous and taking accurate measurements.

So we learn Science as a skill, not as a Dogma of any sort - dry and technical or otherwise.