Why are we not taught that God created the world in science?

Question

I'm a Christian (CoE) and beleive, as I have been brought up, tha God created the earth, and everything in/ on it.
However, our science course only covers the Big Bang and a meteorite hitting the earth with bacterium on it starting evolution. I feel a bit awkward thinking, "But, where's God on this diagram?" since i'm the only Christian (the rest don't think about Religion).

What can I do?
Should I just grin and bear it, despite going against my beleifs?

PS: Even the possibility of God creating the earth isn't mentioned at all.

Answer 1

Scinece teaches you HOW the world was created and religion teaches you WHY

Answer 2

Nobody is asking you or forcing you to stop believing.
My personal belief is that the moon is pulled trough the skies by two
cute fluffy bunny rabbits and that the Sun is a delicious
oversized hot pancake in the sky.
Nothing wrong with that ( I hope ), but the big problem is
that it is a belief, and that is totally different from science.
Don't get me wrong I think religion is something that ought
to be taught in schools ( Christianity, Islam, Buddhism etc. )
because it is important to know about others and how they see the world.
So I say yes, you have to grin and bear it but you might consider changing your attitude, just listen and think about it.
Ask your teacher difficult questions.
The opposite happened to me, my parents switched me to
a christian school to pick up a bit of discipline ( I was a wild child ) and I didn't believe a thing the bible said ( specially
the miracles ) but I still got good grades for Religion, because
it was and still is a very interesting subject.
Try the same with science I'm sure you won't object to all of it

Answer 3

First of all if you feel like that why are you even *doing* a science course?

the reason that God is not mentioned in science class is that Science is a way of looking at the world that you can measure or count in a physical way. If you could see God touch God he would be there But God is a non corporeal being and therefore is not mentioned in science.

Science is based on facts that can be measured these facts are used to create a hypothesis then the hypothesis is tested if the hypothesis can be shown to be wrong it can be rejected

Religion is based on beliefs. You believe something to be true. Science is based measureable testable facts so it would exclude any spiritual elements. It doesn't mean that they do not exist.

Answer 4

When I was in school, it was flipped around. Unfortunately, science and religion have a huge disconnect. However, science seems to be coming more to the middle--perhaps it was always there, but is addressing it more these days. Why do these two beliefs have to conflict each other at all, really?
One doesn't say the other doesn't exist, unless we take it completely literally. Perhaps they are both true, and there is much more that is true, besides. Perhaps the planet was seeded for evolution, and by God or by another species and its God. . .
All kinds of things are possible. The important thing is to keep looking, learning and searching for answers.

Answer 5

Hi Brillian,

No you are not the only one that bothers with these things. I am still perplexed by doubt after many years!

Forget the meteorite, that's secondary stuff. Ask your tutor what made the big bang.

Recent scientific theory is that the universe was once a "singularity" ie an infinitesimal thing that exploded into matter / space based reality. (We'll forget the anti matter & other stuff for the moment)

Is this beginning to ring any bells with you? I hope so..

Ask your tutor!

Answer 6

"I'm a Christian (CoE) and beleive, as I have been brought up, tha (sic) God created the earth, and everything in/ on it."

May I assume that if you'd been brought up to believe in fairies at the bottom of the garden you would believe that too?

Please, grow up, get educated, or leave the rest of the intelligent world alone.

Answer 7

Read books that talk about the scientific evidence for intelligent design. Topics like the cambrian explosion and how all animals and plants appear suddenly and fully formed with no evidence for ancestors. How evolutionists have no answer for the origin of information on DNA. How they faked and imagined missing links like Piltdown Man and Nebraska man by putting an orangutang's jaw on a human skull cap, ask why 100% of biological mutations are negative and don't advance species at all, how they get past the 2nd law of thermodynamics, how they can't explain where the matter came from to create the big bang, ask about the kalam argument, generally make a nuisance of yourself in class by challening their faith with the hard facts that they conveniently ignore.

Answer 8

Evolution is a scientific theory...... not a believe or faith..... Its science.....Dover Trial settled this case.... since Intelligent Design is not a science and Evolution is then thats the one taught in school.... Evolution can stand on its considering the Dover Trial where the intelligent Design people tried to pass Intelligent Design as a Scientific theory and if it had been proven we would also be learning about ID..but it was not....which religious point of view would you teach in school? USA is a diverse country. you do one religious point of view you would offend all the other religions..... Besides Evolution is a theory while ID is faith....

Answer 9

Science and spirituality are really trying to discover the same things. The nature of things. They are approaching it from two very different angles. Science is based on facts that can be observed directly in the physical world. Religion based on faith and the metaphysical.

By definition, science cannot teach you about faith based topics such as God. You need to enroll in a different class for that. Maybe comparative religions would be good.

Answer 10

Because one the founding priciples of the United States is separation of church and state. If you go to a public school that receives state funding, then religion should be "separate," although of course, people define this in a variety of ways.

In any case, even if you don't believe it yourself, I hope you are aware that for many Christians, science and faith are compatible, not mutually exclusive. Many Christians believe in the theory of evolution because they differentiate between taking the Bible as truth and taking the Bible literally. There are several interpretations of the creation story that are completely compatible with modern science. If you are interested, look up the creation story in a biblical commentary, one that includes historical and literary criticism, and see for yourself.

Answer 11

Why should it be taught that God created the Earth, when you may be the only person who has religious beliefs - or those religious beliefs - in your class. For me religious bias or bigotry should be kept out of classrooms except for teaching people about all the religions and opening up their mind to tolerance and understanding.