Such behavior is not characteristic of scientists, but of pseudoscientists. In short, others more knowledgeable than I have already read the book and taken up the challenge, only to be ignored by the creationists. Apparently, you are correct. Mix it with a little Truth. Just because I wouldn't give cooking instructions in my philosophy class doesn't mean I'm afraid of introducing my students to cooking.
Cooking belongs somewhere else.
So does religious instruction. So does the teaching about different creation stories. In fact, I think children should be instructed in public schools about the creation stories of many different cultures, but such instruction should be done in a world religions or cultural anthropology course, not a science course. Jennifer replies I thought that the origins of life on earth falls under the category of biology, which, if I am not mistaken, is a science. Well, you have part of it right.