I think they should teach creationism...?

Question

I never took biology in elementary school. I took it when I got to middle school. I think that in middle schools, they should offer creationism as an elective so if the kids want to take it they can. Now I fully believe in evolution. I think if we offered creationism as an elective, we could help a lot of kids realize how stupid it really is. If they actually got to sit and listen to that schlock for an hour every day for a whole semester, I think they might have a new found respect for the theory of evolution. Anyone agree????

Answer 1

What I don't understand is how, exactly, you "teach" creationism. All of the creationist sites I've seen contain nothing but failed attempts at trying to find loopholes in evolution. This always comes down to misunderstanding (or deliberately misrepresenting) how evolution is defined and what it actually proposes, how the scientific method works, or believing in hoaxes like the "giant skeleton" ruin.

If you're going to have an elective like this, you might as well have an elective on other bogus conspiracy theories like "The government shot JFK", "Elvis is still alive", or "The Holocaust didn't happen". Kids wouldn't "realize how stupid" these things are; they'd latch on to the whole conspiracy theory mindset and fall for the idea that their teachers are lying to them. That's appealing when you're 16, especially when doing real homework is harder. It's always easier to believe in a conspiracy theory (whether it's creationism, Elivs' death, Holocaust denial, etc.) than to hear the evidence as to why it's false.

There are much better things we could be using school resources for anyway. No need for electives when our public schools math & science programs are behind so many other countries.

Answer 2

Will you let me come into your church and teach evolution?

Here's the thing - the religiously devout are patently contemptuous of science and reason. "The bible says it, I believe it, that settles it" is the extent of your inquiries into the mysteries of life. In fact, it's not even an inquiry - it's a declaration designed to absolve one's self from any sort of independent thought.

But here's where it gets really interesting - the religiously devout are not only contemptuous of science ... they're contemptuous of their own god(s)!

God is all knowing and omnipotent right? Isn't that what all religions teach? So if god is all the things that religions say he is, then doesn't if follow that god would necessarily be a rational, logical entity? God wouldn't do something just for the heck of it right?

Then why does the Bible, Torah, Koran and every other "holy" book SIMPLIFY god into this big man in the sky? And why is god always a "he"? Does that mean that god has a sexual gender?

For god's sake (literally), open your mind. If god exists, "he" doesn't want you wasting your time with blind devotion, but rather, doing your best to make the world a better place to live.

And all this talk about "equal time" for different viewpoints is a dishonest argument.

Should we allow white supremists to teach that the Holocaust didn't happen? Should we allow the Hare Krishnas to come in to the schools and teach that the world revolves on the back of a giant turtle?

No we shouldn't. Why? Because it is commonly understood that history and science have different, more exacting standards than religious faith. It is also commonly understood that bringing religious faith into public schools is inherently discriminatory and opens the door for government-sponsored religion.

Answer 3

There is a 21 hour class on Creation vs. Evolution from the point of view of a High School Science teacher.

Its taught from the point of view of Science.

I would urge you to check it out.

It sounds better if you down load the files first, save them to your computer and then play them.

Pastor Art

Answer 4

Why teach something that has nothing to support it's claims other than "well kids it's because god made it that way." People can choose to be subjected to stupidity, that's what Church is for. Just keep that crap out of high schools. By the way, colleges offer plenty of theology based classes. At the high school level its about teaching basic fundamentals to prepare kids for college.

Answer 5

By creation, do you mean the Christian version of creation? I get the feeling that if you taught that the world was supported by elephants balanced on a giant turtle in a cosmic sea, people would squawk. But hey, it's an alternative, right?

Answer 6

No. Kids are dumb. Really. They'll believe anything you tell them. They don't question it at that age - usually not even in high school. Tell them one thing in one class and contradict it in another - most won't even notice. They'll just grow up confused. They have little to no critical thinking or analysis skills.

Example - my junior high school English teacher invited in a guy to show us a video and talk about how the Earth is flat. Yeah, she wasn't too bright. But no one questioned it. No one asked anything. They just went on to science and never even mentioned it. Like I said, kids are dumb.

Answer 7

Absolutely agree 100%.

In fact, I think they should throw in as many creation myths as possible -- for instance, the Navajo Indians tell a lovely tale of how Fire God created the Milky Way, and some African tribe has a real kneeslapper about the god who vomited all of creation into existence.

The kids would love it.

Answer 8

I think we should not. For the simple fact that kids will accept anything you as an authority figure tell them is truth. This harms our society and our species. There is no evidence to support creationism. On the other hand we have mountains of evidence supporting evolution.

Answer 9

it fairly is stated as pushback. Liberals are turning out to be to be so adamant approximately removing faith from our society that the organic reaction is to sell it greater forcefully. purely look at lots of the insults and mock in right here geared in the direction of human beings's Christian ideals. It replaced into in no way fairly an argument (coaching it in faculties) until eventually the left began their marketing campaign of removing all strains of religion from public belongings.

Answer 10

No. Bringing it into an educational setting will only lend it credence.

Unless it was to be taught as part of a wider examination of various creation myths as part of anthropology, or something similar.