I agree about the Jesuits. My point was that the Jesuits would probably be perfectly capable of discussing atheist materialism in religion classes, and presenting it in such a way that it seemed obviously intellectually inferior to their own position. I like it when theists aren't afraid to take on the opposition intellectually.
The issues with private schools do get more complicated quickly, though. They do accept government money, the majority of their funding in most cases, and do have a responsibility to educate to approved standards. Teaching them things government schools don't teach is fine, not teaching them things government schools do is not always fine (and evolution is a case in point).
From which position we get that teaching ID as an alternative to evolution in private schools is probably OK. As long as people do it in their own schools with their own money, not much you can do about it.
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The issues with private schools do get more complicated quickly, though. They do accept government money, the majority of their funding in most cases, and do have a responsibility to educate to approved standards. Teaching them things government schools don't teach is fine, not teaching them things government schools do is not always fine (and evolution is a case in point).
From which position we get that teaching ID as an alternative to evolution in private schools is probably OK. As long as people do it in their own schools with their own money, not much you can do about it.