Should Creationism Be Taught In Public Schools

One way to address the question is whether or not creationism, in itself, is a valid idea to be taught in public schools. The answer to this can be yes. Not only should a student in American public schools learn

Evolution has a long history of being debated as inappropriate to be taught in schools. Many people feel that it is important to learn about Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, but at the same time there are many who refuse to learn about it. In the Scopes Monkey Trial and in the movie Inherit the Wind a trial is going on debating the legality of teaching evolution. Though there are still issues that arise with teaching evolution it is currently accepted more than it is debated against. Evolution is a scientifically tested and proven concept and should be taught in science classes.

As we have learned in class and as we still see now in the modern world, the topic of evolution vs creationism has been one of much dispute. To many, there is only one side; you either believe in God or in Science, you either believe that Adam and Eve are our ancestors or you believe that through the years and the changes in the world we have evolved from apes. Whichever side you find yourself on there will always be someone that disagrees with you and is willing to tell you why you are wrong.

In my opinion Evolution should be taught in school but so should Creationism. I think students should be able to choose which theory to learn in school. None of either theory should be forced on students. The argument between teaching each one is that Evolution is a proven historically fact according to the National Academy of Sciences. The majority of those people who desire for creationism to be taught in the public schools cite that it is scientific. They push for the teaching of creation science which is defined as "scientific evidence for creation and the inferences from that evidence" (Tatina 275). The inferences from that evidence are "sudden creation of the universe from nothing, recent formulation of the earth, creation of man and other biological kinds, a worldwide flood", and

Evolution is the most popular theory currently taught in public high schools, and is widely accepted as a sound scientific concept to teach. However, it is equally true that many disagree with evolution and many of its concepts as an explanation of the origin of life on our planet, and it is thus my opinion that evolution should not even be taught in public science classes, as it is not scientifically sound, nor should be a part of a wide variety of concepts taught to students that that should also include intelligent design, creationism, or any other number of theories that have just as much of validity as evolution.

In schools today things have been flipped around, for example evolution is okay to teach since it is a scientific fact and can be backed up with proofs and claims, however a teacher cannot teach about creationism because it is a religious belief and under the law schools have to be religiously neutral. But most of the time public schools ignore the whole thing, but in Colleges every biology class has evolution in their curriculum and the professors have to teach it. But even if that's the case, now-a-days I think that the ideology of creationism is being taught less by the churches themselves, though I am not a Christian and maybe because of that, I have been in several preaching sessions for FCA in middle school and club preaching in high school and I have also attended church few times; and I have never heard of creationism until this trial and some of these preachings talked about Genesis but backed away from many aspects of it, so I believe that creationism is being taught less as, in my opinion, as humankind is focusing more on logic than faith. But even so the debate over the existence of evolution is being argued upon lots of times between: peers, coworkers, preachers, atheist, agnostics, and sometimes even parents; and I believe that it is common sense to doubt these sorts of things because it is eventually affects how one may live or how it may affects one’s after life and it's human nature to have different views. But it is okay when one takes away one side of the argument and only is taught one side, and I believe that it should be up to the person which side to be on, but using evolution to justify one's selfishness is also wrong and is just an excuse which is used by the rich to not help the

Because of this, it should be taught in schools just as other theory with scientific proof. “Evolution should be one of the first things you learn in school…and what they (children) get instead? Sacred hearts and incense. Shallow, empty religion.”[Sunday Telegraph (UK) interview with Richard Dakins, Sept.26, 1999]. This shows that kids would not be learning all about how humans or animals came about and if you don’t know of a theory to at least give you and idea, and then you are not fully informed to what you should know. Some people think along the lines of “I have encountered a few “creationists” and because they were usually nice, intelligent people, I have been unable to decide whether they were _ really _ mad, or only pretending to be mad. If I as a religious person, I would consider creationism nothing less then blasphemy. Do its adherents imagine that God is a cosmic hoaxer who has created that whole vast fossil record for the sole purpose of misleading mankind?”[Arthur C. Clarke, June 5, 1998, in the essay “Presidents, Experts, and Asteroids,” pp 5322-3]. Sentices have found many fossils that show the evolution of certain species. The fossils show the species at different stages of their development. This contradicts the basis of creatisum which states that God created each specie as we know it today. So how do creationists say that evolution is not true? Evloution has proof,so why not teach it in schools?

It is to show respect to the 66% of people in your survey those who don't share similar beliefs. It also gives right to the parents to decide whether or not they want their child to be exposed to creationism. This is why believe it is not okay to teach creationism in school as a science. Also if a parent or child does want to learn about creationism than the perfect place to be taught that would be a religious affiliation,the Internet, home, or if you attend a church of some kind you can ask plenty about it there. From experience we know that you can learn a lot about creationism in these setting but believe they should be kept separate in order to allow parents and students to be able to pick and choose what they're exposed to. We also must state that we are not saying to prohibit the learning of creationism, we are countering the argument that it belongs in the science classroom due to its bias and philosophical manner. You also stated that “All in all, creationism should be taught in public schools along with evolution because they are both belief systems, it would help students use critical thinking skills to see what they believe about the models, and people want it to be taught

I firmly believe that creationism should have equal representation as evolution in public schools. As I’ve said, creation doesn’t have complete scientific fact backing it up, but if almost half of Americans claim to agree with it, creationism should be taught alongside of evolution in the schools. Decide for yourself: should schools today be welcoming differing ideas and healthy debate, or are educators shutting out valid theories and

Whenever creationism or intelligent design has been brought into public schools, the courts have found it unconstitutional. Creationism is considered to be religion, not science. Teaching it in schools violates the separation of church and state which violate the First Amendment of the Constitution. This means that public schools are prohibited from promoting religion or religious beliefs. Religious explanations of creation cannot be part of the public school science curriculum. It is illegal to teach anything that contradicts the bible. The fundamentalist values are the bible is the literal truth of creation, religion stands against science, faith is more valuable than science and taxpayers should decide how their children are taught and

Personally, I believe that when studying science that evidence of the glory of the Lord is going to prevail. As stated in Genesis, the Lord created everything thing we see, smell, feel, taste, and hear in six days; therefore, while studying science we are really studying God. If creation science is taught to children starting in the early years of school, they will have a better understanding of the glory of the Lord even at a young age. Logically speaking, creationism should be taught in schools if you wish students to learn about the glory of God. Because I strongly believe that creationism should be taught in all levels of education, I chose to attend Lee University and take Physical Science. Throughout this semester, I hope develop a better

The theory of creationism versus the theory of evolution is a controversial topic worldwide. The topic delves further into whether creationism should or should not be taught in public schools. While evolution is a theory that says modern plants and animals evolved by a natural process over time, creationism is the belief that the universe and living organisms originated from specific acts of divine creation. Because evolution and creationism are both theories, creationism should be taught with as much validity as the teaching of evolution in public school. Since the early 1990’s creationism has become more and more a plausible theory. The historical events of creationism dates back all the way to the creation of mankind and the universe. Various evidence, such as the universe, point towards an intelligent designer and should therefore be taught in public schools.

There are many controversies in courtrooms about whether or not should intelligent design should be taught alongside evolution in public schools, which has been going on for a great amount of years. Intelligent design is the idea of nature's changes cannot be a random process, but a type of guidance must have lead to why nature is the way it is in today’s era. In most cases, that specific guidance is God. God has created the world for a purpose. Creationism is the same idea as intelligent design, believing that nature was created by a divine being, God. Evolution is the idea of natural selection. This idea means that specific characteristics of genes, has been chosen to last longer throughout generations having the ability to breed on those characteristics. Having those particular types of genes, allows the specific living organism to survive longer and be well adapted to its’ environment. Intelligent design and/or creationism are different from evolution, leading to why these two ideas should not be taught alongside with one another. The ideas should not be taught alongside with each other because it violates the first amendment, separation of church and state, intelligent design is made of theories of religion and not science, and it can intervene with students' prior science knowledge.

What is evolution ? It is the genetic change in population from one generation to another. It describes how over many generations can result in new development of new varieties and species. Science convincingly supports evolution by natural selection and can’t be understood without it. I can rest assured you that evolution does not conflict with religious beliefs, by questioning theological study. Science is not based on faith , nor does it preclude Faith. Whatever personal beliefs teachers, students, parents or administrators may hold is totally their personal preferences, but their personal practices will be conducted outside of this institution. This science curriculum only describes and explains the natural world it

In an article published in the New York times, by Laurie Goodstein, she revealed that a poll conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, revealed that 64 percent said they were open to the idea of teaching creationism in addition to evolution, while 38 percent favored replacing evolution with creationism. It is important to note by this poll that the idea of teaching our children other theories of how this world was created was supported by more than half of the polled population. It needs to be understood that when these teachings are given the opportunity to be introduced in the public school settings, teachers must maintain a very bias approach as to not sway their students into believing one side or the other but, rather let them decide for themselves through research and study what they will believe in.