Come on my fellow christians... Do we really need to teach christian topics in secular schools? Isn't that in the domain of the church and of home?
I grew up learning about evolution etc. in public school but yet I still believe God started it all. I think I have a holistic idea of how it went down because of learning both but is there really a need to christianize the secular scientific community?
We did that many years ago when we thought the world was at the center of the universe and it was flat... come on...
It takes faith to believe in intelligent design.
It only takes reason and logic to believe science.
Why the sudden need to mandate the faith? I'm certain God can handle things without the need for us to make laws to help him. It is when we try to help him that it blows up in our faces.
Let science and reason reign in our minds. Let christ reign in our hearts. That's where he wants to be and thats where he belongs.
2007-01-24 05:37:50 · 25 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The argument that ID is the same as evolution is wrong. Evolution came from scientific observations alone. From those observations hypothesis are made to explain the origin of the observations.
Whereas ID cannot be worked backwards from our observations.
I think it is completely fair to teach something based on factual proofs from science then it is to teach something faith based. You are teaching to people who come from different faiths or none at all. I think a better way to witness and spread the gospel is through us, not through our public schools.
There is a proper place and time for such things. I think it has done nothing but hurt the cause of christ to mandate the faith.
2007-01-24 05:59:17 · update #1
Sorry Skepsis. My deleted question was badly formed and wide open for crazy people from both camps to muddy up. I'll setup another, better formed, question for you.
2007-01-25 02:27:15 · update #2
I had a college professor who dealt with this question very cleverly. He taught biology as it was set forth in the textbook, with the assumption that the theory of evolution is viable. He also stated that evolution is a theory, and in science we strive to prove theories and so far, there is no absolute proof that the theory is correct. There are findings that suggest evolution, and it is a possibility, but other opinions should not be ruled out. Creationism may be just as good an explanation as natural selection. The scientific method should not dismiss any theory until all the evidence has been considered.
That approach honors the beliefs of everyone in the class and does not rule out or endorse either point of view. It leaves room for intellectual inquiry
2007-01-24 05:52:41 · answer #1 · answered by Suzianne 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is a theory, and it should be presented as a theory, not a fact. Intelligent Design is also a theory, and it should be presented as a theory, not a fact. Evolution does not teach the origin of the process that brought the universe into being, because it is not known. Intelligent Design offers the answer to the origin, but is not proveable by scientific means. Both theories are problematic. Therefore, they should both be presented with their respective strengths and weaknesses. This allows for freedom of thought, and perhaps another theory will develop that can provide a resolution.
2007-01-24 05:47:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
What an enlightened attitude! Thank you! Science is about "how". Faith is about "why". They should not mix.
(That said, it is still very annoying to spend 20 minutes crafting an answer only to find that the questioner has removed the question.)
2007-01-24 07:04:28 · answer #3 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be taught in public schools in a class on philosophy, but it cannot be taught in a science class because it is not science. Because the intelligent design theory is irrefutable, it follows that it can predict nothing, so it cannot be subject to scientific test.
2007-01-24 05:43:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Keep it where it belongs-in church. If Americans want their kids to grow up backwards and ignorant about science unlike European kids then let them stop teaching evolution which is apparently what some Americans want.
2007-01-24 05:42:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Well put! I wish you were on our state (Kansas) board of education!
Science and religion teach very different types of truth. To try to combine them demeans both the science and the religion.
2007-01-24 05:52:33 · answer #6 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Keep church and state separate. Teach science in science class. Creationism (and we all know that's what Intelligent Design is) belongs in it's proper place - church.
2007-01-24 05:46:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
> Should intelligent design be taught in school
It should be given the attention it deserves -- about five minutes to explain what it is, why people ponder it, and why it isn't really good science.
The same sort of attention is already given to Lamarckianism, Piltdown Man, spontaneous generation, and "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny."
2007-01-24 06:29:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure, why not? As long as our hearts don't affect our heads, then we're fine...I just realized that we're having to seperate the church and state on so many levels, including internal
2007-01-24 05:44:24 · answer #9 · answered by Ghost Wolf 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Fair and balanced teaching..if one Myth is taught so should the other. To prove Evolution as fact please go to:
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2007-01-24 05:52:58 · answer #10 · answered by Sassy 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋