Creationism in Public School Science Class

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Should history teachers teach that the Holocaust happened and that it didn't

happen? If not, then why should science teachers teach that life evolved over billions of

years, and that it was created as it is now just six thousand years ago? Creationism should

not be taught in science class because it has no supporting evidence, it is not equal to

evolution, and religious myths can not be taught in public schools in an officially non

religious nation.

"...[I]ndividual scientists and philosophers of science have provided substantive

critiques of "intelligent design," demonstrating significant conceptual flaws in its

formulation, a lack of credible scientific evidence, and misrepresentations of scientific

facts."(AAAS). This statement says that creationism has no evidence for its claims, and

by saying that it is science is a disgrace to the scientific method. This statement was

released by the largest scientific organization in the world. Reasonably, for something to

be taught in science class it should have sufficient scientific evidence, and it should be

accepted by the greater scientific community. Evolution meets these criteria. It is an

evidentiary fact in science, just like all other facts of biology, physics, chemistry, etc. It

has overwhelming evidence for it, and it can not be reasonably disputed.

"...[W]e want to see students know that true science confirms the Creation account

in Genesis and that molecules-to-man evolution is a blind-faith belief that flies in the face

of much scientific evidence..."(Answers in Genesis). Ken Ham, the president of AiG-US,

says that evolution is "blind-faith," meaning it has no evidence, and that creationism is

proven by "true scienc...

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...ve what they want, teach themselves what they want, but they do not have

the right to teach the children of the public a totally false explanation on the origins and

continuation of life and the universe.

Works Cited

"AAAS Board Resolution on Intelligent Design Theory." AAAS. N.p., 2002. Web. 7 Nov 2010. .

Ham, Ken. "Creation in public schools?!." answers in genesis. N.p., 2002. Web. 7 Nov 2010.

Mills, Cynthia. The Theory of Evolution. John Wiley & Sons , 2004. 148. Print.

"Open Letter To Kansas School Board." Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Nov 2010. .

"theory." Random House Dictionary. Random House, Inc, 2010. Web.

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