1) Does it matter? You make up your on definitions and then expect me to take them seriously. Sorry, not happening.
2) If you are a professional, and someone is making false accusations and spreading malicious disinformation about your profession, you'd not only be a little miffed, you be concerned about how an uninformed public might view the "controversy", and how it affects the education of our children, and the future of said profession. That is part of how it affects me.
As for the children, all you have to do is look around at all the instances where creationists/IDers have influenced school boards with regard to science textbooks and curriculum. Neither creationism nor ID is science (they are religious tenants; the courts have spoken on this); they have NO PLACE IN A SCIENCE CURRICULUM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS; doing so is a violation of the separation clause, AND hinders the ability of teachers to prepare our future scientists with the materials they are actually going to need in order for this country to continue leading in science and technology. We are already falling far behind many other industrialized nations as it is. Now, I know that to some, the idea of re-living the bronze age might be appealing, but I for one don't particularly find it appealing at all. I don't believe I am alone.
3) Because all this does is rehash arguments that have been made and discarded for the last 130+ years. All it does is create a huge distraction while proponents of creationism and ID continue to push their agenda (which isn't about science at all, but about getting prayer back into the schools).
"Teach the controversy"? There is no controversy. The theory of Evolution is nearly universally accepted by the world's scientists. And until something else comes along with better explanations, there is no reason to accept every crackpot notion out there and fill our schools with distraction after distraction.
4) I've already said what I think needs to happen. Perhaps you should re-read my prior posts.
