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should creation should be taught in public schools
should evolution be taught in public schools
Creation or Evolution in public schools??
By jmespinosa82
@jmespinosa82 (498)
United States
October 14, 2007 5:14pm CST
Ok I would like to keep this civil I think this can be done without bashing and talking each other down.
Do you think that evolution should be taught in public schools or should it be a choice for the parents if they want their children to be taught evolution or creation??
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5 responses
@Zorrogirl (1502)
• South Africa
14 Oct 07
i think the theories should all be taught. it should be viewed as general knowledge. but any religious aspects should be taught at home.
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@jmespinosa82 (498)
• United States
15 Oct 07
See I disagree because to me since evolution is a theroy and not a fact so is creation and I raise my kids that we were created not evolved and I think since I am paying tax dollars for my kids education that my kids should have a choice to either learn evolution or creation and not forced on them like the public schools have it now.
@Zorrogirl (1502)
• South Africa
16 Oct 07
i know what you mean. i said as a general knowledge. like who darwin was and what his theory was. i believe in creation as well.
@Destiny007 (5805)
• United States
15 Oct 07
I would prefer that Creation be taught rather than evolution.
When I was going to school they were teaching that we crawled out of the primordial ooze and eventually developed from monkeys, which is a curious thing in itself, sense we still have monkeys.
Maybe they were the idiot side of the family tree...
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@urbandekay (18278)
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23 Oct 07
Which is the bigger idiot? Those that believe as you suggest or those that, perhaps wilfully, misunderstand Evolution by Natural Selection and misrepresent it. The theory does not suggest we evolved from monkeys, at least not those still around, but that humans and apes share a common ancestor. The bigger fool seems to me to the person that criticises something they clearly do not understand.
all the best urban
@jmespinosa82 (498)
• United States
15 Oct 07
I do understand what you are saying too, because when I was in school I remember my teacher telling me this same thing and I was like I thought god created us. I don't know if it should be taught instead but I think that we should have the option of our kids learning evolution or creation.
@Destiny007 (5805)
• United States
23 Oct 07
I would say the biggest idiots would be those fools who would precariously hang on to unproven THEORIES in their insane attempt to discount Creation.
Humans and apes do share a common ancestor, as does all life... that would be their Creator.
@urbandekay (18278)
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23 Oct 07
If may say Creationism is a theory you are using the term theory rather loosely, Creationism and it's variants do not qualify as scientific theories. Also your presumption that evolution is only advocated by athiests is false many Christians accept evolution as compatible with religion.
all the best urban
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
16 Oct 07
If I say both would that be a cop out?I think it is up to the public school to teach evolution. But if parents don't want their child to learn it, they should be able to pull their child out of the class without any penalty. If the Amish can pull their children out of school in the 8th grade because of their religious beliefs than why can't other religious people pull their kids from an evolution class?You can't make people believe what they don't want to believe.That way the parents that want their kids to learn evolution can and will learn it and the parents that don't , their kids won't.
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
23 Oct 07
Ljegbers, I like your idea of a permission slip, but it should be for evolution not for creation study. Creation study will never get put into a public school because it is a religious point of view and it would violate the separation of church and state.But if you are religious and you don't want your child to learn evolution, you should have the right to remove them from the class.
@jmespinosa82 (498)
• United States
16 Oct 07
I agree to. I think it should be a choice instead of mandatory and I shouldn't have to prove my religion or prove my beliefs to the schools neither.
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@Latrivia (2878)
• United States
15 Oct 07
Evolution is a science, creationism is not. A religion or religious belief can't legally be taught in schools, therefore creationism can not, and should not, be taught. If a parent doesn't like the idea of their student learning evolution they can speak to their school's principal about letting the child opt out of classes. If they want their child to learn creationism, they can take them to the proper school to learn it: a Sunday school.
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@Latrivia (2878)
• United States
15 Oct 07
When I said Sunday school I was referring to the classes churches usually hold for their members. You don't have to go to a special school to learn creationism - only your local church.
As for your other point, evolution is a theory, but it is a scientific one. Therefore, evolution, as a scientific theory, should be taught in a science class. Just because it hasn't been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt does not mean it isn't a science.
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@jmespinosa82 (498)
• United States
15 Oct 07
Ok I understand well my kids do attend bible study and I also do bible study with my kids.
Evolution is a scientific theroy but I don't think that my kids should be forced to learn this because that is not how we believe we got here, because if we did evolve from ape or whatever why are there still so many apes, monkey, and gorillas.
@jmespinosa82 (498)
• United States
15 Oct 07
Well I do agree with you on part of that about allowing my child to opt out however I don't think I should have to take my children to a christian school for their education when my tax dollars pay for that school and so it should be my choice if I want them to be taught that or not.
On another note Evolution is not science it is a theory that hasn't even been proven.
