Should the alternatives to evolution be taught in school (read more)?

Question

What are these alternatives???

You MUST see this link and read the article to understand what I'm talking about.

http://www.skeptic.com/the_magazine/featured_articles/v12n02_other_ID_theories.php

READ THE ARTICLE PLEASE

Answer 1

OK, so Brin reminds us that there aren't only 2 choices. But you forget that if we want to accept evolution but as guided by god, how do you TEACH that? Do we teach the big bang as guided by god? The germ theory as guided by god? Plate tectonics as guided by god?

Please.

Answer 2

Touched on but not as the major subject. Right from the beginning of America's history we've tried to separate church and state and we should continue to do just that, in public schools evolution should be the main subject. If parents want their children to go by way of alternatives, then teach them or send them to private schools that do teach it. Personally I feel that the alternatives will go the same route as, the earth is the center of the universe, every thing revolves around it, the earth is flat ,it is hollow to a recent one that man didn't walk on the moon it was filmed in Arizona.

Answer 3

Either teach all views or none. Instead, we have our children being indoctrinated with the religion of atheism and the hoax of evolution. Neither creation nor evolution can be proven scientifically, that is, be tested in a controlled environment nor reproduced. Both rely on faith and the evidence. Evolutionists don't dare allow the alternate view to be taught in an unbiased setting otherwise their fragile house of cards will crumble.

Answer 4

Evolution is taught in science classes because it has a scientific basis, is widely accepted by scientific researchers, and has facts to back it up. Therefore evolution pertains to science and should be taught in science class.

Any other alternative theoies that have a basis in any given subject and have the research and facts to back it up should be taught in those subjects.

Theories based on religous beliefs should be taught in Sunday School.

Theories that haven't been widely researched and accepted by a number of people who are knowledgeable in the subject should not be taught in the average school until there are some facts and research to back them up.

Answer 5

I am regularly astonished at how many creationists claim that all the alternative religious explanations should be taught along side evolution.

Everybody knows they don't really want all creation stories taught, they only want the Genesis story taught.

Does anybody really want to get rid of science class completely and just have a study of creations stories? No.

If you don't want the Muslim, the Hindu, the Wiccan, the ancient Sumerian, and ancient Egyptian creation stories taught as fact along side your precious genesis story, then don't claim that you do.

Lying is a sin.

Teach science in science class and teach religion at home and at church. That's the way it's supposed to be. It's not even a matter of separation of church and state as much as it is.. public school teachers are not qualified to teach religion. If you want your children to have a religious education, send them to church school. Or better yet, get one yourself and teach them everything you want them to know at home.

Answer 6

The way I see it, teaching creationism in public school is teaching a religious concept on the taxpayer's dollar. Many of the taxpayers in this country are not Christian or even religious. The only way to be fair about that is to teach all religious concepts. So you could say this is what this group says and so on and so on and turn science into a big religion and culture class. I bet that wouldn't go over very well. If Christians are forced to play fair, my guess is they won't want to play anymore.

Answer 7

Christianity or "intelligent design" has no scientific rationale as its foundation. Christians clearly believe that an invisible man spoke the world into existance, and that is simply not scientifically testable or measurable, so it can never be taught in public curriculum. Also, there is a concept of "seperation of church and state". It's worked for over 200 years and I don't think it should be tampered with.

Answer 8

Interesting question.
I had a similar line of thought go through my head recently. I have a therapy practice, and one day one of my clients was very distraught about the teachings of evolution in the clasroom at local schools. She was christian by religion. It really bothered her that evolution was being taught in school without an equal amount of time having creationism being taught as an alternative. She felt Darwin had lead so many people astray with his works, and that children needed to be at least exposed to the story of creation via the book of Genesis. She calmed down a little and explained she just thought there needed to be pairity in teaching both views as the "world" was just learning one view.
I asked her if she had ever read the Book of Genesis. She stated yes. I asked her if her children (grown) had ever read the Book of Genesis. She relpied yes. I asked her if she thought that most of her fellow church members had read the Book of Genesis. She said she felt she thought that was a reasonable assumption she could make. I then stated that I had also read the Book of Genesis. (For the record, I'm a Pantheist). I then asked my client if she had ever read Darwin's book "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" (which I'll now just refer to as "Origin of Species") She stated no. I asked had any of her children read"Origin of Species". She said no. I repeated the same question in regards to her fellow church goers. She responded she thought not. I admitted to her that I, too, had never read "Origin of Species", only listened to or read about interpretations (good or bad) of other peoples opinion of "Origin of Species". I even stated, I have in fact never seen a copy of the book, "Origin of Species". She laughed a little, and stated she'd never seen a copy either. I went on to say to her, I think I could make a statement which I can't prove, but I think is reasonable. "I would venture to say that more people in this country have read the Book of Genesis than have read Darwin's "Origin of Species"."
She laughed a little again, and smiled. I guess she felt the battle was a little more in her favor than she first thought.
I, on the other hand, left the session a little distraught as to what I had just said and knew I needed to get out and read a copy of "Origin of Species"!!!

Answer 9

Everything that is proven correct should be taught at schools or Universities. Depending on the gravity of the theory that you are going to teach.

The stuff on the web may be for high school. Not for the pre-schools - I donno how the education system in USA works. What I mean is these theories are good for those above 16 years of age.

After all, they might come up with their own theories once they become scentists.

Answer 10

If there were any, sure. But there are no known alternate theories that explain all the evidence.

Or are you a "liar for jeezus" attempting to sneak in creationism under a new name?


Hey, "skeptic": Post it publicly, then I'll read it.


Evidently you don't want me to read it. So why do you keep sending it?

Answer 11

Why should evolution be taught in school? It is merely a religious belief based on humanism. If creationism isn't allowed due to religious reasons, why should evolution.