Then a miracle occurs...

...now one step closer to being a valid response in Oklahoma schools!

Late last week, the state's House of Representatives approved House Bill 2211. The bill effectively states that "if a student’s religious beliefs were in conflict with scientific theory, and the student chose to express those beliefs rather than explain the theory in response to an exam question, the student’s incorrect response would be deemed satisfactory."

The article goes on to discuss the implications, noting that "even simple, factual information such as the age of the earth (4.65 billion years) would be subject to the student’s belief, and if the student answered 6,000 years based on his or her religious belief, the school would have to credit it as correct."

With one piece of legislation, the state of Oklahoma may render the field of science pointless. Brilliant.