Boo Radley
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It's taught as scientific theory. It is not taught as scientific truth. It is up to churches to teach creationism as long as we have separation of church and state. Which "story" shall we teach? Christian? Judaism? Muslim? Which "story"??
Now. I do happen to believe that every high school should have a class on Comparative Religions, but that's another topic.
A scientific theory summarizes a hypothesis or group of hypotheses that have been supported with repeated testing. If enough evidence accumulates to support a hypothesis, it moves to the next step—known as a theory—in the scientific method and becomes accepted as a valid explanation of a phenomenon.
What is a Scientific Theory? | Definition of Theory | LiveScience
Better than a guess, and mostly supported.
But, I do agree with the comparative religion class.