How come in American Schools...?

Question

they don't teach how God made the world in Science class.
I mean i know its becoz of the separation of Church and State.
and its a free country you can't force people to believe in a GOd.
but isn't it on the other hand forcing other kids who say, are religious to be taught about evolution.
I just want peoples thoughts on this.
If some other people feel the need to answer this is rude ways...wateva

Yoda Green I am capable of understanding even big words but thanx for your courtesy. Anyway.
How are you sure that Creationism is Fantasy and that the other one is reality? or is that just your hypothesis?
So its Okay to force on Kids the Science way but not the creation way?

Yoda Green I am capable of understanding even big words but thanx for your courtesy. Anyway.
How are you sure that Creationism is Fantasy and that the other one is reality? or is that just your hypothesis?
So its Okay to force on Kids the Science way but not the creation way?

Answer 1

Wow, so I'm not the only person who can see the hypocrisy. My thoughts are that you are right. If only more people could understand this.

Answer 2

despite the claims of xian apologists, evolution is a sound theory and qualifies as science. evolution is both fact and theory - it is fact in that it has and can be observed. the theory is the mechanism of evolution. evolution is supported with evidence from multiple, independent lines of science.

creationism, whether or not it's been repackaged as "intelligent design", is not science and therefore is not taught in science class.

please note that in a scientific context, a theory is not just some idea you come up with after being drunk all night. a scientific theory is a well-proven hypothesis (now, the hypothesis may be some notion you get after being drunk all night, but it doesn't pass muster as a theory until everyone gets a crack at trying to prove it incorrect). most xians apologetics don't quite grasp what a theory really is. they often use "theory" as if it were the same as "hypothesis"

www.answersincreation.org is junk science at best, IMO. Don says hundreds of scientists believe in creationism over evolution. how about the other way around, Don, since you want to make an appeal to authority? how many scientists accept evolution over creationism?

Answer 3

I agree with you, it is just rude, cuz eveloution is kinda a religion anyway. They should teach both, so people have the choice, some people want to learn about evelotion, and some want to learn about Creation. Anyway, if you break eveloution down enough, you end up with a "Supream Being" anyway, cuz where did everything come from, everything had to come from somewhere. I think Eveloution is just another way of saying God created the world with out actually say that, instead they say that a "Supream Being" created the last thing you break it down to. Which the "Supream Being" is God, but they don't actually say "God"

Answer 4

Evolution is based on science. Creationism is not.

Science changes as we learn more to make our theories more accurate. It begins with observation, then proceeds to hypothesis, testing, and then debate on the results. Evolution follows that process and creationism does not.

Creationism is very rigid. It begins with works of fiction, then proceeds to asserting, insisting, twisting the facts, and even torturing those who don't believe it. This is clearly a different process from real science.

Answer 5

Evolution and God are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Most people who don't believe in God do not see evolution and God in the same category. Evolution is science. There is evidence for it. It is explained with scientific facts. Those facts don't exactly leave room for God. If you choose to further explain evolution and science with God, then that goes beyond school.

I know that not everyone believes there is scientific evidence for evolution, but that idea is born completely of religion, and thus, also does not belong in school.

Answer 6

God isn't science. He is not supported by evidence. He is just known to be a belief. That's why they do teach Darwin's theory, because that is supported by evidence. Yeah I do agree with you that people who believe in creationism are being taught Darwin's theory, but that's why church is there and Sunday school. If they wanna change their belief about creationism they can if they don't they don't have to.

Answer 7

If we teach creation in our schools, then we also need to teach every other religion's creation story. Our government was founded on the basis of no state-sponsored religion, and teaching creation would endorse Judeo-Christian religions.
I'm a practicing Jew and learning about evolution doesn't bother mean in the slightest. You're learning another perspective in the world.
Looking at your question, our school's have a bigger concern: grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Answer 8

Creationism is simply not a science. It cannot be tested with the scientific method. Science class is to teach subjects that have been studied and have observable and testable results. Whether people like it or not, evolution is science, and there's nothing that can change that.

Answer 9

Sure - which version of "God created the world" should be taught? How about Anshar and Kishar? Maybe how the Great Spirit collected swirls of dust from the four directions in order to create the Comanche people? What about Pan Gu? Muspell, Surt, Ginnungagap and Niflheim?

Oh, wait, I'll bet you just want YOUR Creation Myth to be the one that's taught in schools, right?

Answer 10

Creation theory should be removed from classrooms. No one knows how the universe began, and everyone on both sides of the debate should stop pretending to know. I don't support evolution, either, but at least one could give it *some* credence as attempting to be legitimate science . . . sort of. Intelligent design and creationism are purely religion.

Answer 11

Well that's because (and I'll use small words for you here) god and creationism is FANTASY.
The science of Evolution on the other hand, is REALITY.
See the difference?
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