I just cannot believe that in the year 2006, that such a thing would still be taught as fact in science class.
If such a thing was happening here in Europe it would be ridiculed beyond belief.
2006-07-11 00:11:58 · 7 answers · asked by Cindy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When I was in high school my science teacher approached this whole dilemma from a very responsible perspective.
He said something along the lines of:
Today we are going to discuss where everything came from.
Some people believe that there was a Big Bang.
There was a morpheous goo and everything evolved from that.
Some people believe that God (by one name or another) created everything in 6 days and rested on the 7th day.
Some people believe that the Universe was born from the belly of an albino elephant.
Some people... and he continued summarizing every other theory that he had ever heard of. At the end he said:
Believe what you want. Personally I believe that mankind is arrogant to believe they can summarize how EVERYTHING came to be into a way they can understand. What we are going to learn in this class is how everything developed AFTER it was created.
2006-07-11 00:17:06 · answer #1 · answered by cirestan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somebody onece wrote here on Y!A that, in his high school, the 'biology' teacher, upon coming to the chapter on the origin of species, slammed the textbook shut, said 'You come from God! End of story!' and proceeded to read from his Bible instead.
'This being the South (of the USA)', the answerer wrote, 'nobody said anything.'
This is still one of the saddest and most disheartening things I've read on Y!A. As a Canadian, I agree with you. In Canada nobody would stand for an attempt to bring religious ideology into a science classroom - and well they shouldn't. The truth is that there are powers out there trying very hard to keep children from learning the truth. I think I answered this question better on the link I'm going to provide you than I have here. So read it there instead...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AijwrWE1PLsGAIyIIvSvaXbsy6IX?qid=1006060407067
2006-07-11 09:33:16 · answer #2 · answered by XYZ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree.. I couldn't believe it either when I heard it. There are only two states (Kansas and Georgia) that do it at this point. At least that's the last I heard.
It's not happening where I live in New Jersey or in the other large metropolitan areas.
2006-07-11 07:15:33 · answer #3 · answered by scubalady01 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Creationism was not taught in some country schools, where would we get our next generation of dogmatic rednecks? We must think of the future!
(That was sarcasm)
2006-07-11 07:16:48 · answer #4 · answered by silvercomet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, some school teach about the theory of creationism, along with the theory of evolution.
Neither one can be scientifically prooven (to every ones satisfaction), both have to be believed by faith (religion).
If you have not heard of creation science before, please check out this web sits - www.drdino.com
2006-07-11 10:56:36 · answer #5 · answered by tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's only a couple of states in the so-called 'bible belt'. And they're not the sharpest tools in the box.
2006-07-11 07:18:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we were taught about evolution, there was no mention of creationism.
2006-07-11 07:16:30 · answer #7 · answered by ugafan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋