Creationism in Public Schools

Keep Creationism out of Public Schools!

Creationism, as exemplified in
the book of Genesis, should not be taught in a science course. Science
runs on a certain set of rules and principles being: (1) it is guided
by natural law, (2) it has to be explanatory by reference to natural
law, (3) itÕs conclusions lack finality and therefore may be altered
or changed, (4) it is also testable against the empirical world, and
finally (5) it is falsefiable. These characteristics define the laws,
boundaries, and guidelines that science follows. In a science course,
all knowledge conveyed is shown, or has been shown in the past, to
exemplify a strict adherence to these qualities. Creationism,
unfortunately in the eyes of Christian fundamentalist, does not
exemplify any adherence whatsoever to these rules and guidelines of
science. Therefore, it should not be included in the science
curriculum in public schools, even as an alternative to evolution.

The problem in scientific creationism, and what I see as a
reason for its exclusion from the science classroom in public schools,
is the fact that it looks as if, from the outside, the whole theory
that it rest on is simply a contortion of the traditional version of
creation described in Genesis, custom-made to fit in with Darwin's
theory of evolution.

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[HKOverlord117]

@brittinikki0915 Dear sir/ma'am (apologies; I know not which): what I mentioned previously is the reason why ID should not be taught in science classes - it is not recognized as a scientific theory. By all means, teach children about ID/creation science/Genesis - but in religious studies classes. There is no need to muddy the waters with pseudo-scientific nonsense.

[brittinikki0915]

@HKOverlord117 Dear friend, if you would recall I said nothing about stopping evolution from being taught in the classroom, nor do I wish to hinder the education of young people from the idea of evolution, just as I do not wish to hide the idea of creation from them. Many youth today have no idea what a bible is, and therefore the statement of let these young people learn creation in church is invalid. I do not wish to remove the study of science, just add all beliefs by teaching creation.

[HKOverlord117]

@brittinikki0915 My friend...evolution is as much a "theory" as gravity. It requires as much "faith". Your gross oversimplification of scientific concepts does not make them any less valid, nor does it promote your truly simplistic beliefs into the realm of scientific study. If you do not want science preached from the pulpit, leave religion out of the classroom.

[brittinikki0915]

My friend, you said blantly in your video that Creation is not a science. I agree, it is a belief. However, there are scientifical findng that support creationism. Also, you stated that evolution is science. In reality, it is just like creationism, a belief. In order to say that a tremendous amount of heat created a bang, and plants and stars, and organisms resulted from the bang ignited by the heat requires faith. Just like creation. We are not asking for much, just equality in teaching.

[gregrutz]

@faithmusicproduction Lyell was a Geologist. Darwin showed the scientific reason why evolution happens. He didn't even know about DNA and still showed how it happens.

Evolution is science and science does not comment on Gods.

Sorry if they keep discovering things that prove the bible wrong.

[faithmusicproduction]

evolution is not science. it is an idea posed by the philosopher Charles Lyell. Darwin established the idea into "science" but it was accepted only because nothing could be proven against it. to this day evolutionists cannot explain the concept of DNA or how it defies the simplicity of evolution. there is a God people and a savior. and his name is Jesus Christ!

[DaddyGoodtime]

Creationism should be slowly phased out over a few generations. A slow and steady social adjustment. Give people time to adjust. Not to oppress people, but simply to bring the world forward. A religious practitioner given a scientific education could have that extra neuron that helps him/her cure AIDS, a form of cancer etc.

[DaddyGoodtime]

Creationism is to evolution as alchemy is to chemistry. Older models of thought that spawned newer models of thought. It was necessary to fill that void, that lust for reason back throughout history but like all ideas, they "evolve". Man kind has always looked for reason and since the dawn of it all he always had a logical mind. This progression is simply that, a progression. The issue here is that man hasn't learnt to master emotion. Hence the unwillingness to let go of the god concept.

[M00nGlitz]

It's 'then' not 'than.'  So much for your public education.

[Myytmovies]

creationism is for the CHURCH

[Ignitionnet]

Wait a second, creationism is being taught in science classes in the US?

[ThomasTrue]

If I had kids and they were taught creationism at school, I would press for the teacher responsible to be dismissed. If they refused, I would sue the school for failing in their duty of care. "Creation science" is a contradiction in terms. It is brainwashing with a concept PROVEN to be wrong. Therefore it should have no place in ANY school, public or private.

[CEnforce]

Good video. People who take the bible, or any other "holy" book, literally are the most dangerous people in the world.

[thesageofohio]

teaching creationisn along with science in school reminds me of the butter vs. margerine debate. margerine(creationism) is always making the claim it taste just like butter (science) but you never hear butter claiming it taste like margerine.

[TTprawiDS]

you just helped me out with my project. thanks!

[PaulineLovesPhysics]

We should not just question everything incuding and espeally ourselves. Too many people have lazy minds. It's bad enough were getting lazy with our bodies.

[k6k6k6Darkie]

@Artmgjr Yet you've already made mistakes about the subject you're trying to oppose. That doesn't sound like knowing to me. Also humans can't come first because there are older animals (and primates) that are/were around long before humans existed.

[sabertooth1980]

@Artmgjr However there is a point where they go from "Not being there" to "Being there."

You can plant a good number of explanations from aliens to magic, however we also have a chain of transitional fossils that lead from very ape like animals to very human like animals over the course of millions of generations.

[sabertooth1980]

@Artmgjr ... Why couldn't humans come first? I'm going to entertain that question for the whole of five seconds. And this is me being generious. Normally a question like that would signal Strong Bad to hit the DELETED key in my head.

Now to address your question. Because when we dig down far enough, all the human relics and bones stop being there but all the other animals don't stop being there. Humans weren't always here on this planet. You can argue where the humans came from all you like.

[sabertooth1980]

@Artmgjr Yes. Apes do have a common ancestor with other animals. All Life has a common ancestor. What's your point?

[k6k6k6Darkie]

@Artmgjr Take a physical anthropology class someday, expand your horizons, and you may find out.

[k6k6k6Darkie]

@Artmgjr Then when and how do humans enter the picture if not through common ancestry with apes?

[sabertooth1980]

@Artmgjr Arguments from Authority fail. Only Evidence, Reason, Logic and the Scientific Method Work. And you aren't using any of those.

[sabertooth1980]

@Artmgjr Human Evolution has been Confirmed. We are Apes. We can trace our DNA back to Africa. Our Y chromosome goes back to 90,000 and 60,000 years ago in the African continent whiles Mitochondrial "eve" comes 50,000 to 80,000 years later.

We have many of the vestal features they do. We have broken Vitamin C Genes. All other animals other than primates have the genes for making vitamin C. We don't. We have many of the same ERVs in the Same Places in our DNA.

We Are Related.

[sabertooth1980]

@Artmgjr What's that? Evidence? No? then you have no Authority here. Away with you.