That public shools are allowed to teach about evolution but they can't teach about God!? How is it fair? It's not! That's not fair to christians! The separation between church and state thing is ridiculous! It says on a frickin' dollar bill "In God We Trust"!!! Who came up with that dumb idea?! What do you think?
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2006-09-22 08:10:18 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I know it's not fair to nonchristians to be taught about God if they don't want to be, and it's also not fair to christians to be taught about evolution. I think none of it should be taught in schools, christianity or evolution. People say there is no PROOF that God exists, but there is also NO PROOF that the theory of evolution is correct.
2006-09-22 08:20:14 · update #1
It's not...
2006-09-22 08:11:41 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
God is religion, evolution is science. You learn science in science class in school. I know that this answer may sound dumb but I'm trying to make it as easy for you to digest as possible. Science relies on evidence, religion does not. I'd like to know why you think Christians are exempt from learning about the world? Would you prefer to remain ignorant to the way the world works? Would you not like the opportunity to have all of the knowledge possible to be able to make positive contributions to society? There is indeed plenty of evidence to support evolution.
On the remark about church and state... Our constitution makes it clear that the government shall not endorse any particular religious view on the people. Since public schools are government agencies, there is no discussion of religious views unless it is from a historical or comparative perspective. The dollar bill says "in god we trust" for the same reason the pledge says "one nation under god." These slogans were added in the 50's to make us distinct from Communism. Read a book about McCarthyism and the Cold War era and you will see some of the other completely insane things our country did because of Communism.
2006-09-22 16:11:11 · answer #2 · answered by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the problem about school today but there is an advantage to it. Look at this as an opportunity to open others eyes that there there is a perfect and loving Creator. They are teaching you at school so you might as well learn something from it. So do a little more homework on it and you will find MILLIONS of scientific facts supporting that there is a Creator and with this knowledge you can ask very good questions to make your teachers think a little of what they teaching and most importantly you will discover your Creator in anther beautiful way! all the best with it.
2006-09-22 16:08:11 · answer #3 · answered by lloydgberry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, Christianity is seen as a belief or a freedom of choice not as a science. Evolution is deemed scientific, so would fall under the curriculum for schools. They're so many different views on religion that to try to teach it in school would be singling out a specific set of persons and putting those who do not share the same beliefs at a disadvantage.
2006-09-22 15:13:55 · answer #4 · answered by DownAndOut 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Science is differentiated from philosophy by experiment. Philosophy seeks 'logical' proof. Scientists create hypotheses, then devise experiments to test them. Scientists know that their results are approximations, that their 'laws' are not immutable... not absolute. They do NOT (as creationists would have us believe) view their theories as absolute 'truth', in the same sense as creationists regard the Genesis story of creation as 'truth'.
What differentiates religion from both philosophy and science is that neither proof nor experimental confirmation is required. Religion can be summed up very succinctly: Where an obvious answer cannot be found in nature, make up an explanation based on the supernatural and accept it as a matter of 'faith'... faith in a 'truth' written in scripture as (claimed to have been) 'revealed' to someone by a transcendental, supernatural being.
Intelligent Design is NOT a scientific theory. It is a 'red herring'... a 'Trojan Horse'. It is a carefully orchestrated subterfuge intended to create the PERCEPTION that there is a scientific controversy where no such controversy actually exists. It is religion/creationism in disguise, tarted up to look like 'science'. Here is the difference:
* At the bleeding edge of science, at the point where it REALLY starts to get interesting, science says: "We don't know... OK, boys... let's roll up our sleeves, dig in and find out."
* At the bleeding edge of science, at the point where it REALLY starts to get interesting, Intelligent Design (imagine South Park - Officer Barbrady) says: "That's too complicated. God did it. Move along. Nothing to see here. Everybody go home now."
It would be easy to attribute Intelligent Design to intellectual laziness... but sadly, that is not the case. It is a conspiracy. The objective is to sabotage science... to reintroduce religion to the public schools via subversion and subterfuge. The saddest thing about it is that a large percentage of Americans ARE intellectually lazy, and generally ignorant of the concept and processes of critical thought. They (enthusiastically) fall for this nonsense.
The objectives of the creationists who are promoting ID are spelled out in the Discovery Institute's so-called 'Wedge Strategy' ( http://www.antievolution.org/features/wedge.html ), which is a political strategy. The main plan is to "teach the controversy"... that being the claim that many scientists reject evolution... except that it is a lie... there IS NO controversy within the scientific community. The ultimate aim is the subversion of science itself, changing the definition of science to include supernatural explanations, rather than it being restricted to natural explanations (methodological naturalism).
The Wedge Strategy's overall objective is this (quoted directly from the Wedge Strategy): "Discovery Institute's Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture seeks nothing less than the overthrow of (scientific) materialism and its cultural legacies."
You should check out the judge's opinion in the Dover School Board trial... that explains the issue quite nicely. http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site515/2005/1220/20051220_085143_kitzdecision.pdf
If people want to introduce 'Intelligent Design' into the curriculum of our public schools, that is OK... in a elective 'Comparative Religion' class. But NOT in a science class; that would be a travesty.
2006-09-22 15:14:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Politics is never fair. Start learning about making laws and change things. Don't think for one moment that ONE person can't make a difference - because YOU CAN!!
Know too, that Christians aren't the only one with a creation story. Many faiths have different stories. Would you have each one taught?
2006-09-22 15:27:11 · answer #6 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God=religon, which schools cant teach since 1912 ish.
how is it not fair? its not fair to nonchristians to teach God.
evolution is a scientific theory, God is religon and therefore shouldnt be taught in public schools.
separation of church and state is rediculus? so you wouldnt have a problem with the laws of this country being based on the qran, or maybe the torah, and if you werent muslim or jewish you would be persectuted?
2006-09-22 15:15:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Maybe Democracy isn't fair to Christianity? Would you like it if America became a Theocracy that required everyone to go to church and used the Bible as the basis of all the government's decisions? Maybe you should move to a country that is already like that, Iran. If freedom and freewill aren't important to you, get out!
2006-09-22 15:13:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Who said life is fair? I have raised two children both solid christians. They were taught that nonsense. Know how I handled it. I told them that what they learn i school is the excepted scientific theory. There are more theories than than and I showed them out of science's own books how creation happened. That way they could deal with the strange ideas many call fact and still hold their faith... Jim
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2006-09-22 15:17:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
That evolution occurs has been scientifically proven, and in no way rules out the existence of a creator. Religion which is counter to logic is mere superstition.
2006-09-22 15:19:21 · answer #10 · answered by Smiley 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
are you one of the people that leaves class when evolution's taught?
I also think that having "In God We Trust" on the dollar bill is a bad idea.
2006-09-22 15:14:57 · answer #11 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋