Should evolution or creationism be tought in schools?

Originally posted by Paul I'd ask all the Christians, Buddhist reincarnation doesn't conflict with the theory of evolution, why not teach that instead?

Why not? If they would teach, Evolution, reincarnation, and creation its all cool with me just as long as all are equally represented
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In science class, evolution. In social studies, they can teach the creation story as part of a religious belief, which is what this truly is.

Pushing the creation story into the classroom is nothing more than the Christian Taliban working on the burkafication of the U.S. And I will explain why.

All children of fundamentalist Christians already are being taught the creation story in their churches. They don't need to "learn" this in school.

The problem that the Christian Taliban has will evolution, is that it contradicts one of ther religious beliefs.

So just like the Afgan Taliban, the Christian Taliban are in a fight to control content everywhere, so that no one will ever be exposed to any theologically incorrect ideas.

This is all about the Christian Taliban trying to force their religion on the rest of society. We will decide if we will stand up against the radical Christians or not.

no public school should waste time pandering to the supersticions of the masses and intentionally dumbing down children with crap about the world being made in 7 days.

In the ideal nation a person who beleives the world is 6,000 years old or something is ridiculed.

I don't believe in evolution.The God created the humanity like it created the cosmos.

They can teach evolution,but the correct one is of course creationism.

amazing after 150 or so years this debate still goes on.

Couple of points-

" In science, a theory is a rigorously tested statement of general principles that explains observable and recorded aspects of the world. A scientific theory therefore describes a higher level of understanding that ties "facts" together. A scientific theory stands until proven wrong -- it is never proven correct. The Darwinian theory of evolution has withstood the test of time and thousands of scientific experiments; nothing has disproved it since Darwin first proposed it more than 150 years ago. Indeed, many scientific advances, in a range of scientific disciplines including physics, geology, chemistry, and molecular biology, have supported, refined, and expanded evolutionary theory far beyond anything Darwin could have imagined."

"Many people, from evolutionary biologists to important religious figures like Pope John Paul II, contend that the time-tested theory of evolution does not refute the presence of God. They acknowledge that evolution is the description of a process that governs the development of life on Earth. Like other scientific theories, including Copernican theory, atomic theory, and the germ theory of disease, evolution deals only with objects, events, and processes in the material world. Science has nothing to say one way or the other about the existence of God or about people's spiritual beliefs"

But should they be taught in school? yes, in their appropriate places. Like many here I think evolution belongs in science class and creation belongs in r eligion class. which brings about another question does relegion class belong in the public school system? My thought is yes , as an option. If the student wishes to take a class in various religions there is not much wrong with it. how else can you deside if you beleive any of it if you don't have the knowledge of what they stand for. Do I think that only on religon should be taught. No it's an veriaty or not at all thing to me.

Originally posted by Dawn amazing after 150 or so years this debate still goes on. Couple of points-   But should they be taught in school? yes, in their appropriate places. Like many here I think evolution belongs in science class and creation belongs in r eligion class.

exactly.creationism should go to the religion classes because it's a belief.

"Your argument is weak becuse you have a closed mind, but I will agree that religion should not be taught in public schools although I see no problem bringing up, briefly, the theory or belief in creation.
I have taken many biology classes and it is still a theory and not a fact!!!
Not all wars were fought over religion but in fact most are for socioecconomic reasons, for power and land. Religion is often a good excuse but no matter people would still find reasons to kill each other without religion.
I prefer to steer from oraganized religion but I do believe in God.
If you want to believe in evolution then it is by faith and not fact but I respect your choice. If you can prove it then Dr. Hovind will give you a large sum of money."

I wouldn't say I'm closed minded, I went to a catholic school and thats where I came to the conclusion it wasn't real but more of a fairy tale like the hundred other religeons either before or after christianity. I beleave Judaism or Islam, not sure which order they came in, came from a Egyption religeon that didn't last long at all where for the first time a pharoah said there was one god, after he died his followers went into hiding that still beleaved and the religeon was broken up. From there I beleave it all just evolved into Judaism and Islam, from Judaism came Christianity, whether it was from Jesus or if Jesus was just chosen as a poster boy idk.

Theres a whole lot more proof of evolution then there will ever be of a god existing. They just keep finding more and more proof of evolution. Infact earlier this month or late last month they found some skeletons in ethopia linking some bon es. They also found another set of bones in south asia of another human sub-species that they nicknamed a hobit.

Its just hard for me to beleave in a religeon that has so many sub groups I guess you can say so that it better fits how people feel or to move with science since they can't really prove wrong except make up explanations on dinosuars being around with humans when theres more evidence and its a known fact of what time period they were from and that they were from a time period of pre-primape species'.

Its known that the moon was made after a mars sized rock slammed into earth. So during the 7 days we were created a few million years later a asteroid hit earth that would kill everyone and everything, and yet we just magicly poped up again? Well I guess its possible since someone did make a planet in 7 days.....

Alright I have to stop or i'll be hijacking this topic further... All I want to really say is its beyond me how people can still beleave in a god, or a religeon with such violent histories. But I will also respect the people, just not the religeon. 

 

I would say both can be teached in schools.

Someone said it before, and I will say it again for them. NEITHER, unless it is creationism taught in Sunday school. Evolution is a theory and Creationism is a belief, so they do not qualify to be taught to all people, only the people who alredy believe in them.

Originally posted by ak�nc� You say how can we not belive in god.Did you know that atheism is a BEL�EF.�nteresting isn't it.The same answer should be given to how can we belive in god.

Yes, but evolution is not nessessarily (sp?) atheist, while creationism usually is religious. So teaching creationism is directly or indirectly teaching a belief, while teaching evolution is not teaching atheism.
Apart from that, evolution is scientific, creationism isn't.