do you think they should teach creationism or stick with teaching evolution or both in public schools? explain

Question

also do you think schools should teach other religions viewpoints on creationism?

Answer 1

Here's the interesting thing about this subject. Imagine if you were in your science class and your teacher said that the answer to a particular problem was always exactly 25. Even if you used different numbers, he says, your answer will always be 25. Of course, you'd want proof. But when you ask him for evidence, he says, "Well, you just have to believe! You just have to have faith that that's the way it is!" Would that sit right with you? Would you just sit there and say, "Oh, OK." I doubt you'd accept that. The same thing would be true (well, should be true, I'll say) if you were taught a creation theory in science class that has absolutely no scientific backing (creationism). Say what you want about evolution, but it has scientific evidence. Hell, just a couple days ago there was an article on CNN about how the finches that Darwin studied several generations ago have evolved. And just because there are some dimensions of evolutionary theory that may be unexplained in the present, that doesn't mean that there's any doubt in the scientific community about which theory is ultimately correct.

And the "Well, we have to teach our kids both sides!" argument just doesn't hold up. First of all, creationism as told by the Christian Bible isn't the ONLY creation theory out there; what, are we going to teach creation as told by Islam, too? What about Buddhism? What about all the other religions? All of them are equal in that they both "just take faith," so where do you draw the line? And on that note, a certain, albeit small, percentage of the world's population still believes that the planet is flat. (True story: There's still "Flat Earth Societies" out there, actually.) But we're not going to compromise with THOSE people, obviously; the world is still round, and those people are wrong. Just because a certain number of people feel a certain way, it doesn't mean that we're automatically obligated to present both sides of the issue to our children as if we don't really know the truth, when really we do.

Answer 2

Evolution is science. Creationism is christian mythology. The US seems to pride itself on keeping religion out of schools, but creationism is just christian teaching, which according to the US government, has no place there. Science should be taught instead.

Answer 3

BOTH, BECAUSE BOTH EXISTS AND STUDENTS NEED THE INFO!

Answer 4

depends on the needs of the public schools. there's no point making the school switch to another education model when they are not ready for creationism yet. but ideally schools should have a healthy balance of both; creationism to adapt to the changing needs and competition from the global society, yet retain teaching evolution, cuz that's what got us to where we are today.

Answer 5

Only barbarians and uneducated zealots would teach creationism under Science, where it obviously belongs in Historical studies or Religious studies. Evolution is a Science so it should be taught as such, not as a substitute for Religion.

Stupid religious morons...they are no better than Islamic terrorists in my opinion.

Answer 6

Public schools belong to everyone, and not everyone believes in a creator, therefore not all parents would wish to have such belief taught to their children. Creationism should be taught as what it is -- religious dogma. That means teaching it in Sunday school, not in public school.

Answer 7

Creationism should be taught under religious studies, preferably comparative religion since it is not the only topic and Xianity is not the only religion.... add to that Hindu creationism, Native American, etc.

Evolution belongs in science and if we have *problems* with it, then we should work on developing more scientific research that does not replicate what has already been done, but instead to borrow Gene Roddenberry's phraseology, "explore new frontiers".

Can I get a banana now please?

Answer 8

Creationism must only be taught in churches and Sunday schools. It has no place within the public school system.

Answer 9

I think that if they teach one, they should teach the other. Many argue that they don't want their children to be influenced by the bible through the teachings of Creationism, but aren't children who are taught evolution influenced to believe in evolution because it is what they are taught? Children should be taught neither or both...Evolution can influence them that there is no God and Creationism can influence them that God is real....children should or should not be taught both views and decide on what to believe....The only problem is, teachers may be biased and teach with emphasis their own beliefs and persuade students...But again, if one is taught, then the other should be taught as well...

Answer 10

I think that they should teach all the theories on "the beginning" because everyone should be able to make up their mind on what they personally they believe. IF they are only taught one thing they will close their minds to other possibilities. What good would that do with the continue evolution of Science in its self

Answer 11

If they teach evolution they should teach the whole story. They need to tell how most of the evidence is not there and that what is known is actually very inconclusive.