Monday, February 7, 2011

God v. Science- The Ongoing Debate

The Scopes trial brought the Theory of Evolution into everyone's lives in 1925 and opened up a discussion about the proper way to educate the youth of America about the creation of the world. This argument persists even today. Should the Theory of Creationism be taught along with the Theory of Evolution in America's public schools today? Does it have a place in public education? Why or why not? If Creationism HAD to be taught in public schools, how do you think it should it be done?
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  1. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    I believe the Theory of Creationism should be taught along with the Theory of Evolution in America's public schools today because there is so much diversity in the U.S.. Who would want to be forced to believe in only one theory and not have any freewill, let alone an entire nation? It should have a place in public education. People should have a choice in what they learn as long as the opportunity is presented to them. If both theories were taught in schools I also believe parents would be happier and more open to the idea of their child going to school (as oppose to home-school). If Creationism had to be taught in public schools, I would like there to be a separate building, such as a church-like structure, that students would go and learn. (Forget about funds and money issues for a moment)

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  2. savmartinFebruary 9, 2011 at 1:39 PM

    The theory of creationism should be taught in public schools today so people know about other peoples lives and have their own opinon on what they think is right. I think it should be taught maybe in the science and english hallways but people should decide if they want to take it or not you shouldnt make them take a class that they are not interested in. So we should have our own opinons and what we think of the theory of evolution.

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  3. andretufenkianFebruary 9, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    I don't think the Theory of Creationism should be taught at a public school. It should be a class you can sign up for and pay to be in. Same with the Theory of Evolution. It doesn't have a place in public schools because students should be learning more important things in school

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  4. MarissaFebruary 9, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    I dont think the theory of creationism should be taught in public schools because it is part of religion. Religion should not be taught in the public school system but in the private catholic shool system. I think the theory of evolution should be taught because it is in the field of science and science needs to be taught in school.

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  5. maleyah s.February 10, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    I feel that because most schools are very culturally diverse it's a little disrespectful to teach creationishm because it's based off a specific religion I beli e because evelution is mostly science it should be thought and if they were to teach a Creation class it should be an elective or something.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2011 at 9:22 AM

    I think that the Theory of Evolution should deffantly be taught in schools. Creationism Should be taught only in churches. Maybe with the exception of some private schools that are religous, should both creationism and the theory of evolution be taught. Just so the kids can have there own theory on how it was made or they can pick witch on to believe.
    With a growing popultaion in the U.S. there seems to be more diversity. So i believe it is only right to go with the scientice theory because its something everyone can relate to and can be proven where as the Creationism can be questioned and hit heads with other religous theorys

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  7. taylorFebruary 10, 2011 at 4:36 PM

    i think the theory of creationism should be taught in the public schools along side with theory of evolution.who's to say that one of them is wrong or right. than once the students know about the two they will decide on which one they believe in.

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  8. ST2393February 10, 2011 at 6:57 PM

    Should the Theory of Creationism be taught along with the Theory of Evolution in America's public schools today? Does it have a place in public education? Why or why not? If Creationism HAD to be taught in public schools, how do you think it should it be done?

    I think we should only teach theory of Evolution in American Public school because it takes more reasonable and scientific approach to our origin, While teaching it we should also be respectable to other's religious views and say everyone is entitled to their beliefs and in no way should it influence their beliefs and it's just for the knowledge.

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  9. lindsaycFebruary 10, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    I don't think the theory of Creationism should be taught in public schools because it's a religious belief. The U.S. is very diverse, so if Creationism was taught in public schools, other religious theories would have to be taught. If creationism or any other religious theory went along with a subject being taught, I think it should be briefly explained, for understanding. I do think the theory of Evolution should be taught because it's based on scientific evidence.

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  10. victor wangFebruary 10, 2011 at 10:56 PM

    I think Creationism should be taught and should only be taught as a religion or a humanity course. As a traditional theory, whatever it is true or not, Creationism is one of the most celebrated theory. But i also think Evolution should be the main part of school studying about human evolution. So, i think the best way to teach Creationism is to respect the religion and respect the science.

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  11. LucasFebruary 11, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    I don't think the theory of Creationism should be taught in public schools. Creationism isn't really taught now yet we still all know about it. By not teaching it, you are avoiding controversy with other religions.

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  12. Kristina PFebruary 11, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    I do not think the theory of Creationism should be taught along with the Theory of Evolution in America's public schools. It doesn't belong with with the education system if parents want their kids to learn Creationism then they should enroll their children in a Catholic School or something and put them in like a CCD class. They can learn about that there instead of school because school isn't about learning about God, when you think about it, it wouldn't be fair to the kids who had a religion that did not believe in Creationism. It is inconsiderate for children who don't believe in it,public schools are all filled different races and religions. If they had to teach Creationism they should put it as an optional extra class so the kids who actually wanted to take it had the chance to, and the kids who had no interest wouldn't have too.

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  13. Justin MacNeilFebruary 11, 2011 at 12:46 PM

    I don't think that Creationism should be taught along with the Theory of Evolution because there is no true reason for students in school to have to know about what really brought people to Earth. With evolution, at least there are scientific facts based off of it that can be useful to learn for another science subject in school, like Biology. If school is all about preparing the future learners, then they should know more about ideas backed up with facts so there are not many questions to ask about it. Creationism topics should stay in a religious class, like CCD, and the theory of evolution should stay in a biology class.

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  14. olmoFebruary 11, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    i think that the theory of creationism should be at least be offered to the public school's students, in Italy every school has a theology teacher that hosts usually 2 classes a week and the students can freely decide to go or not, i think that the U.S should adopt the same method, also because of the variety of the american population, some of the students might appreciate the chance that is given to them . And also, know about several things (in this case the 2 different theories) can always be useful. I believe that every U.S' public school should have a Biology teacher for the darwin's theory and a theology one for the creationism one but nobody should force any student in believing in one of those in particular.

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  15. DeniFebruary 11, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    I personally think that theology doesn't belong to schools unless it's a catholic or other religion orientated school. It is a different kind of education but what we learn at school is science, something that has an explanation or a reason and can be proven. No one has the right to force us believe in Holly Bible. The theory of evolution has it's explanation although it contradicts with theology. It should be tought in public schools.
    If we had to teach both, the only way is to combine both theories so that everyone got what they want.I believe that there is something that God created and from the "something" we, human beings, evolved.

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  16. tsabatinoFebruary 12, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    I think the Theory of Creationism should not be taught along with the Theory of Evolution. I think that the US has become way more diverse when it comes to culture and religion, so these things should be taught at home and remain out of school curriculum. The theory of Creationism has no place in the curriculum because there is a chance that it goes against more people's beliefs than the Theory of Evolution would. If the Theory of Creationism HAD to be taught in schools, I believe it should not be the main focus, but be included enough in the lesson to leave people with a choice.

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  17. Liz BransfordFebruary 16, 2011 at 9:33 PM

    i think that creationism should be left to be taught out of school. It is rediculous to teach something that has religion ties to it in this day and age. Seeing as though we are in america and we are the melting pot of the world i think it is innapropriate to teach something that is about religion and only is about one certain religion. We have so many people with different types of religions in this country it would be a bit offensive to only teach one. If it had to be taught at schools i would make it optional, or atleast a required class to study the material and the idea of it but you didnt have to believe any of it or live by it.

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  18. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    If creationism had to be taught in schools, I think it should be taught in the context of a religion class where you learn about all kinds of different religions. Which I feel would increase tolerance of religious differences.

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  19. KaelaMarch 2, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    I think that creationism should be taught along with evolution in public schools, because of the diversity in the U.S. Many people have a huge problem with their kids being taught the theory of evolution, while many wouldn't have it any other way. The same applies to creationism. Why not teach both? I believe both theories should be taught optionally, though.

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  20. AnonymousMarch 23, 2011 at 11:34 PM

    In my opinion, Creationism should in fact be taught alongside evolution. Students deserve to learn about a variety of beliefs and to follow or support whichever one they choose to. Just teaching about a belief doesn't necessarily enforce the following of it.
    If Creationism was required subject matter in schools, then I believe it should be taught alongside evolution and whatever other theories/ beliefs about our origins there are.
    All teachings should be non-critical and unbiased.

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  21. jmatosMarch 28, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    i think that creationism and evolution should be taught together because then we can see the differences in how things were made differently. if creationism was able to be taught in school then it should be taught in a repsectable way that no one would get offended in any way even though creationism and evolution may be different they should be taught together,.

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