Why is evolution crap still being taught in our children's classroom?

Question

I am a Christian who believes in Creation over Evolution, but I did not always feel this way. In high school I was taught evolution as fact not a theory. Since rededicating my life to Christ I have looked into evolution vs creation and found that evolution is just a theory and a flawed theory at that. So why on earth is the education department poisoning our children's mind by teaching evolution as a fact? I don't have a problem with it being raised as a theory just make sure they are given the facts and creation is also taught as an option. What do you think?

Answer 1

first off, atheists are always bashing creationism.

2ndly, society will never be wise enough to understand that creationism is actually more probable than evolution. Scientifically there is a 97% chance that Christ rose from the dead (actual study), mutation has not yet been proven to add dna, which is neccessary in the changing of one species to another, they still can't find a missing link.

the fact is, evolution CAN NOT BE PROVEN. to be fair, nothing really can be.

Answer 2

I wasn't aware that schools truly taught human evolution or the creation. They're supposed to be neutral and the church is supposed to be separate from state. In school for me, the subjects were never studied in detail and both presented as theories. What I don't understand is how people say they believe in the dinosaurs or Smilodons (saber-toothed cats), yet think an all powerful deity thought up a few ideas about light and darkness, water and earth, etc. and molded some dust and thus began the world's history approximately 6,000 years ago. I'm NOT making fun of it, I'm just making a quick summarization! I was raised Christian, but I love evolution (especially human evolution), because I feel it enables me to understand why people and the world acts as they do. I have studied evolution for at least 6-7 years now, but I don't try to change people's minds because no matter what anyone says people will believe only whatever they want to believe.

Answer 3

Well, perhaps, because of the following facts:

1. Evolution does have evidence supporting it, from the fossil records, to the genome projects that show us genetic similarities between species, to actual experiments that have shown new species to arise from old ones.

2. Creationism is not science. No matter how much you want to dress it up, Creationism is not science. You cannot prove it to be true with the scientific method and there is no real evidence to prove it to be true.

3. If the Bible is 100% literal, then either God is a liar or God is stupid. Any Christian worth their salt would know that the Bible cannot be taken as 100% literal without demaning their God. No truthful, intelligent deity would say that bats are birds when bats have none of the characteristics of a bird, and that hares chew the cud when there isn't a single piece of evidence to show that they do.

Answer 4

Odd. I was under the impression that it was called the "theory of evolution," the operative word there being "theory." Of course, "theory" in this sense refers to a scientific theory, which must cohere with existing knowledge. By contrast, the "theory" of creationism is a theory in the usual sense of the word. It is neither testable nor falsifiable.

As an approach to knowledge, science requires that a proposition be falsifiable. The theory of evolution, because it deals with empirical (read: material) realities, passes this test. By comparison, at no point does the central element of creationism deal with empirical reality. Postulating the existence of a superempirical creator is not scientifically valid. If it were possible to touch, taste, hear, smell, or see the theory's proposed "creator" (read: God), the theory might have some scientific merit. As it stands, however, it has no scientific merit whatsoever, and unfortunately for you and those of your ilk, no amount of clambering can change this fact.

Answer 5

Creation and evolution are both just theories. Both of them are flawed theories. Neither should be taught as fact in schools because
1) Neither of them ARE fact
2) The truth of where we came from is probably something completely different and the longer we are stuck in the creation vs evolution battle the longer it will be until we figure out what it is

When teaching biology in schools it is possible to just say, "Monkey's long tails help them live in the treetops" not, "Monkeys grew long tails to help them live in the treetops"
If schools taught like that they would be teaching fact because monkeys do have long tails and they do find those tails useful.

Evolution and creation could be introduced as theories as long as there was a lot of evidence presented both for and against. It would be important if introducing the creation theory to make it non-denominational and include references to Aboriginal and Native American beliefs, Hinduism, Flying Spaghetti Monster, Young and Old Earth Creationism as well as the Jewish/Christian/Muslim stories.

Answer 6

I think evolution is being taught because the preponderance of the scientific evidence supports it, just as the theories of gravity and thermodynamics are being taught.

I think you also are confused by the word "theory." In "norma loquendi" the word is very similar to "guess," while in scientific parlance it means something quite different. A scientific theory is a proposition that has been supported by evidence.

Answer 7

I would have no problem if there was a religious studies course where creationism was brought up as a possibility, but the hypothesis of intelligent design has no place in a science course. Science is about evidence (like the archaeological evidence found all over the world) not the beliefs of a religion that's only evidence is a book that can be translated in many ways.

Answer 8

because its factual.

im srry but how are kids suppose to know how they GOT here if ppl keep on telling them stories about some deity and how they magically inhabited this earth?

theres SCIENTIFIC proof-> and ask yourself why theres always advertising about Christmas, wen there are other religions other than christianity

ie: ramadan, hannukah. . .etc


christmas is just a pegan celebrated holiday that was made up. if jesus saw that, how do u think he would feel to kno that ppl are celebrating his "birthday" by being materialistic? the message has been lost.

kids care more about Santa than they do Jesus, so children have already been corupted.


u cant help science, im srry but look at the evidence. . . .

Answer 9

maybe Austraulia is different than America , but i clearly remember being taught the Theory of evolution in the 6th grade.

many people cannot distinguish the teaching of theory and fact. and no teacher is going to take more than a few seconds to explain the evolution as fact, and then the evolution theory situations.

evolution fact. animals evolve and adapt to new enviroments
Humans evolve and adapt to new enviroments.

evolution theory. that humans and many promates are evolved
froms of a common ancestor. there is a lot of
evidence to suport this theory.

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Teach your kids your religious beliefs at home. and teach them to make their own decisions as to what to believe as far as evolution goes. Evolution is s scientific fact that is the basis for biology. and biology is a required course of study here in america.
thus evolution needs to be taught in fact and in theory.

Answer 10

I totally agree. I am a born again Christian myself and I am totally against evolution, especially the fact that this false notion that we can from apes is being taught in schools. I don't see how they can even teach something that has never been proven and never will be. Theories should not be preached to our children simply because they're not facts - just theory - unproven. Because of most of the public's rejection and being offended at Creation, evolution takes presidence over creation, which of course, is the REAL truth of how people, animals, etc. came about. Evolution has been in our school cirriculums for ages, unfortunately and I don't see where it will be taken out any time soon. Of course, heaven forbid any of us Christians protest against teaching evolution - that'll stir up a huge Pandora's box with atheists and other anti-God groups.

Answer 11

i don't think it is right to teach children evolution and not creation. something i hate also, is that at my school we aren't allowed to say merry christmas on the announcements! what happened to freedom of religion? evolution is not a proven fact yet, so it shouldn't be taught as a fact. i doubt it ever will be a fact. it has too many problems with how it would be true.