Creationism Should Be Taught In Schools

Religious beliefs and theories have always battled with secular reasoning, that is based on science. There has always been debates over which set of ideas should be taught in school. Even though there is a unanimous agreement through the science community that evolution is by far the most probable theory for how humans inhabited the Earth (Baraniuk), other theories are still taught in classrooms. According to PBS, “13% outright endorse creationism or ID in the classroom, 21% lend credence to creationism or ID as a valid alternative to evolution, and slightly more than that, 22.4% spend at least one hour of instruction time - unconstitutionally - on these non-scientific topics” (Keep). Intelligent Falling falls into the same category as Intelligent Creation and Creationism: unfounded theories that contradict scientifically backed explanations.

According to Gabriel Burdett, “Things fall not because they are acted upon by some gravitational force, but because a higher intelligence, 'God' if you will, is pushing them down.” This brings up the first issue with Intelligent Falling - its existence rests on that of God, yet there is no proof that God exists.

Burdett also said, “Gravity—which is taught to our children as a law—is founded on great gaps in understanding. The laws predict the mutual force between all bodies of mass, but they cannot explain that force.” This is simply false, gravity is largely explainable and understood by scientists. Scientists believe that gravity is caused by “tiny, massless particles called gravitons that emanate gravitational fields” (Mosher). In fact, all object have their own gravitational fields which attract objects to their centers of mass. The larger the object, the larger the gravitational

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Dr. Ellen Carson argues that “Traditional scientists admit that they cannot explain how gravitation is supposed to work. What the gravity-agenda scientists need to realize is that 'gravity waves' and 'gravitons' are just secular words for 'God can do whatever He wants.” Once again, scientists are almost certain that ‘gravity waves’ and ‘gravitons’ actually do exist, in contrast to God, who almost certainly does not exist. Gregory Lunsden raises the point that “If gravity is pulling everything down, why do the sparks fly upwards with great surety? This clearly indicates that a conscious intelligence governs all falling.” Science holds the answer to why some objects seem to be unaffected by gravity. Electromagnetic force, strong nuclear force, and even weak nuclear force are all stronger than gravity (Stanford Solar Center). When any of these forces are in play, gravity takes a back seat. With there being so much evidence for gravity, and so little evidence for Intelligent Falling, there is no reason why Intelligent Falling should be taught over gravity in schools.