My answer: "That's not science."
It's as simple as that.
Science: "The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment."
Repeatable and peer reviewed observations and experiments reveal the truths about the physical and natural world. You don't have to like, believe, or agree with the facts of the universe that science reveals. However, refusal, denial, or disbelief of scientific facts does not make them any less true.
If you want to believe the Earth magically formed 6,000 years ago. That's fine. However, if you want to argue that belief to be fact and true, the you have to PROVE IT.
In case you don't know the facts: the Solar System is 4.5 billion years old. This is a fact supported by various pieces scientific evidence.
So, your belief in a single religion's creation myth is not science. Therefore, I will not "teach" it during my planetarium show. Don't like it? Don't come to a science center expecting us to cater to your personal beliefs.
The problem is those who believe in a young Earth "teach" those around them that the Earth is not 4.5 BILLION years old. People are not entitled to their own scientific facts and data and should not be allowed to voice beliefs that aren't supported by experimentation and reality.
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