Source: Cectic
This shows perfectly what the theists’ beef is, IMO. 
No matter how much they deny it, their goal is to insert religion in science classes, nothing more… and they won’t be satisfied with a truly neutral position, where science classes only teach science. To them, not saying “goddidit” is “promoting atheism”… and they can’t have that.
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Some people just don’t understand what science actually is.
Great find!
Thanks.
A science teacher saying “God does not exist” would indeed be promoting atheism, but, of course, that’s not what is happening.
What science teachers say (good ones, at least) is: “this is how this happened, this is how that works”, with no mention of God. Now, those kids may have come from a home where they were taught by their parents that none of those things could possibly have a natural explanation, so, of course, goddidit. But now they’re hearing something completely different from their teachers. And if they happen to believe the teachers, then they know that their parents were wrong… or even lied. What more could they be wrong / lying about, then…?
To certain people, this may indeed be seen as “promoting atheism”, because it may lead some children to question their parents or their faith. There’s also the fact that they believe their faith is the default position, not neutrality — so anything that is not actively promoting their faith, must be promoting the lack of it…
A very good and true cartoon.
You touched on a point in your comment, Pedro, that for me is one of the most powerful arguments against religion. H. P. Lovecraft once said that
“If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences.”
This quotation really struck a chord with me, and is one reason I enjoy science so much. Whereas religion needs apologists, theologians, ignorant believers and martyrs to give itself validity, science does not. In science you follow the evidence. And eventually that evidence leads to the truth. And not just wishy-washy makes me feel better truth, but reality.