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I would just say that you're talking about science. And science isn't a religion. As a matter of fact, history has shown us that religion (not mentioning any particularly offending sects of Christianity, mind you) has been somewhat of an impediment to science and reason.
Fine, fine. I don't want to get into the debate as to wether science and religion are mutually exclusive (oviously I dissagree, but we can have that conversation later), but basically what you're saying is that it's OK to teach that there is NO God (or at least if there is a Gog he's uninvolved with the world), but it's not OK to teach that there is a God who is involved in the world and it's history. That is a religious statement and if you say that schools must teach a specific view of God aren't you in effect saying that the state should sponser that religious view and no other? (state sponsered religion)