Creationism, Evolution, and Intelligent Design
Should creationism, evolution, and intelligent design be taught in school?
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Should creationism, evolution, and intelligent design be taught in school?
york8 said,
October 16, 2006 at 12:07 pm
Emmy Stone Said on:
April 26th, 2006 at 1:23 pm
I personally don’t want to be taught those things because i don’t want to be a scientist and it would be a waste of MY time, but on the other hand i think its important to OTHER people because THEY might want to pursue their lives as a scientist…..
My Comment October 16th @ 12:05
I chose this comment from last year because I totally disagree with what Emmy said because she doesn’t seem to making much sense. I think that everyone needs to learn the basics of evolution to be considered an educated person.
Ezra said,
October 16, 2006 at 12:17 pm
Oct 16, at 12:15
Evolution, Creationism, or Intelligent Design?
I believe that intelligent design should not be taught in science class because it is not proven. It can’t be proven right; however, it can’t be proven wrong either. In science class they should teach evolution and the holes in it. Educators should say that some people believe in intelligent design and creationism, but it’s a lesson that should be taught in social studies.
Evolution should be taught in science class because it is proven and you can study it. The government made the rule of separation between church and state so that’s what we should follow.
I believe that the debate around intelligent design, creationism, and evolution should be taught in social studies because they are all social topics. If people want only creationism taught then they should send their children to a private, or religious school.
This is what I think.
Tristan said,
October 16, 2006 at 12:18 pm
Creationism, Evolution and Intelligent Design
Intelligent Design should not be taught in schools, as there is no proof of it being true. It is true that Evolution has not yet been proved either, however it does have evidence supporting it. And, as far as we know, it’s impossible to prove or disprove Intelligent Design. We have no way of knowing if our species and others evolved under God’s watchful eye, or if they evolved on their own. I think that science class is for scientifically supported or proven theories only.
I think that Evolution should be taught in schools. I think so because Evolution has plenty of scientific evidence supporting it, while Creationism and Intelligent Design’s only evidence is religious scriptures such as the Bible or Koran. With the exception of, obviously, religious schools.
In my opinion, Creationism should not be taught in schools, as it is a theory. One could argue that Evolution is also a theory, which is true. However, Evolution is a scientific theory, while Creationism is a religious one. And, according to the First Amendment, religion and state are not to be mixed.
Max said,
October 16, 2006 at 12:19 pm
I think that intelligent design should be taught in schools a little, not much, but a little. It is important to give everyone a little of everything to let them choose what they want to believe and don’t want to believe . People with a different opinion think that we shouldn’t teach intelligent design in schools because it interferes with religion but I think that we should also teach religion in schools as long as we cover every major religion. I think that it should not be taught in science class but it should be taught in a separate class having to do with religion and popular beliefs from around the world..
I also think that we should teach evolution in schools because there is tons of proof that this is true. People say there are holes, which there are, but these holes are much smaller than all the holes in intelligent design and creationism. One of main arguments stated by Michael Behe is that all organisms have ingenious structures, like the eye and ear, and the different species structures don’t fit together. But there is so much proof that there is evolution it is incredible that people don’t believe in it just because it interferes with their religion. This should be taught in science class and in the class about what people believe in.
I feel that if we teach intelligent design and evolution we have to teach creationism. Although I think creationism makes no sense but it’s important to teach it in school to give kids the choice to believe in it. Creationism has no facts behind it and is completely depending on religion. Creationism should be taught as part of Christianity. All of these are important to teach to everyone.
Andrew said,
October 16, 2006 at 12:23 pm
I do not believe that intelligent design should be taught in school or science class. It is not proven like evolution. In “science” class you need to teach science. Intelligent design is not science. Intelligent design is a happy medium that combines evolution and creationism. Some people think of intelligent design as the answer to the holes in evolution. If evolution is going to be taught, with it’s problems and flaws, there doesn’t have to be an answer. The Bill of Rights separates religion and the state. Since the Bill of Rights separates religion and state then you can’t teach intelligent design in school.
I also don’t believe that evolution should be taught in school. Evolution goes totally against some peoples’ religion. If the government can’t stop people from practicing their religion, then the teachers can’t make students listen to the authorities and believe or participate in activities and discussions related to evolution. This is like West Virginia vs Barnette case. The kids were forced to salute the flag, and their religion said they shouldn’t. It isn’t a question of right and wrong. It is simply Freedom of Religion. It’s like taking away ones’ rights. Therefore, I don’t think they should be able to teach evolution in school.
Yet again, I don’t believe that they should teach creationism in schools either. I believe this is how the world got started. But it is not right to teach it in school. We are a public school and we don’t need to bring religion into the school. I’m allowed to believe what I want, but I don’t have the right to bring my religion into school. Also if you are going to teach creationism in school, then you are going to have to teach Buddhism and other religions. The First Amendment says that you can’t stop people from believing what they want, but individual religions can’t be brought into the government. That’s why creationism shouldn’t be taught in school.
I don’t believe they need to teach us any of this stuff in school. No matter what they teach us, there will always be a problem with someone. Therefore they shouldn’t teach any form of this in school.
jesse said,
October 16, 2006 at 12:24 pm
10/9/06
Jesse Barkin
Evolution vs. Creationism and Intelligent Design
Before I tell you my opinion, I should tell you what intelligent design, creationism, and evolution all are. Evolution is the theory that all animals evolve over time. There are some holes in the theory but scientists have a lot of evidence that evolution happened. Intelligent design is a lot like evolution. The difference between the two is that Intelligent design believes that evolution was G-d’s idea. Creationism contradicts evolution ever happening. Creationists believe that evolution did not happen. The drawback to creationism and Intelligent design is that there is no evidence to support G-d, thus Creationism and intelligent design should not be taught in schools. The drawback to evolution is that there are some holes in the theory. Nobody knows how life got to earth. Some people think that their were meteor showers that carried bacteria, and some think that life has always been on planet Earth. Although there are some things we don’t know about evolution, we do have enough evidence to say that evolution happened.
Now that I have explained to you what evolution, Intelligent design, and creationism are, I shall tell you my opinion.
Intelligent design should not be allowed to be taught as fact in public school’s science classes. The constitution clearly says that Church should be kept separate from State. Intelligent design is a religious belief, therefore, it should not be taught as scientific facts. The only things that should be taught as facts, should be facts.
Creationism should not be taught in schools either. Not only does the constitution say that school should be kept separate from state, but if you start teaching religion in school; who’s religion would you teach? Would you teach Catholicism, Judaism, Muslim? If a teacher was saying to a Muslim student that the Muslim religion was flawed, and Catholic religion was right, then how would that student feel. If America turned into a highly religious based country, then we would end up like Afghanistan or Iraq.
Evolution is fact. All scientists agree that evolution does occur over time. Although there are some flaws in the theory, there is still enough evidence that evolution exists. Therefore evolution should be taught in science class. Evolution does not have any religious elements. This means that evolution should have to be taught as fact.
Tristan said,
October 16, 2006 at 12:29 pm
michael Said on
April 25th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
Umm yeah. Sure. But as I see it, why question your self, I mean do we really care about life as humans altogether, i don’t think so, if we did then why blow each other up, for what, glory, reconition, to see who is the right or wrong judgment. Nope one group of people in the world live life to the fullest, to me thier the bravest ones of them all.
My Comment on
October 16th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
I disagree with Michael’s comment for two reasons.
1. It’s hard to tell what he’s saying in the first place. Punctuation is often useful.
2. Many people do think about the big picture and life as a whole. Usually they’re the ones who don’t blow one another up.
york8 said,
October 16, 2006 at 12:30 pm
10/9/06
Jesse Barkin
Evolution vs. Creationism and Intelligent Design
Before I tell you my opinion, I should tell you what intelligent design, creationism, and evolution all are. Evolution is the theory that all animals evolve over time. There are some holes in the theory but scientists have a lot of evidence that evolution happened. Intelligent design is a lot like evolution. The difference between the two is that Intelligent design believes that evolution was G-d’s idea. Creationism contradicts evolution ever happening. Creationists believe that evolution did not happen. The drawback to creationism and Intelligent design is that there is no evidence to support G-d, thus Creationism and intelligent design should not be taught in schools. The drawback to evolution is that there are some holes in the theory. Nobody knows how life got to earth. Some people think that their were meteor showers that carried bacteria, and some think that life has always been on planet Earth. Although there are some things we don’t know about evolution, we do have enough evidence to say that evolution happened.
Now that I have explained to you what evolution, Intelligent design, and creationism are, I shall tell you my opinion.
Intelligent design should not be allowed to be taught as fact in public school’s science classes. The constitution clearly says that Church should be kept separate from State. Intelligent design is a religious belief, therefore, it should not be taught as scientific facts. The only things that should be taught as facts, should be facts.
Creationism should not be taught in schools either. Not only does the constitution say that school should be kept separate from state, but if you start teaching religion in school; who’s religion would you teach? Would you teach Catholicism, Judaism, Muslim? If a teacher was saying to a Muslim student that the Muslim religion was flawed, and Catholic religion was right, then how would that student feel. If America turned into a highly religious based country, then we would end up like Afghanistan or Iraq.
Evolution is fact. All scientists agree that evolution does occur over time. Although there are some flaws in the theory, there is still enough evidence that evolution exists. Therefore evolution should be taught in science class. Evolution does not have any religious elements. This means that evolution should have to be taught as fact.
york8 said,
October 16, 2006 at 12:33 pm
Isaac Wipfler
10-13-06
I don’t think that creationism should be taught in science class in public schools because creationism is a religious belief. Letting public schools teach this in science class is against separation of church and state.
Along with creationism, I think that intelligent design shouldn’t be taught in science class in public schools. Even though intelligent design is partly evolution, it is still a religious belief.
And If you let either creationism or intelligent design allowed to be taught in schools, than you still have the problem that there are many, many different religions practiced by the students. you would be picking one of these religions and saying to the other students who believe otherwise that their religion is a bunch of hoo haa.
Now there is Evolution. I strongly think that evolution should be taught in science class in public schools because evolution is a scientific theory with enough facts to be a fact. Evolution has nothing to do with religion.
Overall, i think that Creationism and Intelligent Design shouldn’t be taught in school where Evolution should be taught in science class in public schools.
Wise said,
October 16, 2006 at 12:35 pm
Intelligent design should not be taught in school. It should definitely not be taught in science nor in anything else. Intelligent design does not fit the criteria of any school classes unless the school is a private school. A private school can teach what ever they want. That is why intelligent design should not be taught in school.
Evolution should be taught in school. Evolution is designed for science class. Science is the teaching of scientific theories or facts and that is what evolution is. That shouldn’t offend anybody or cause any problems because it is a theory. That is why evolution should be taught in school.
Creationism should not be taught in school. It should not be taught in school because it does not involve the school. It involves religious beliefs and that is were it should be taught. In any one school there is a lot of religions. Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, etc. All of those religions believe in something different. If this was taught in schools many problems would occur.
These are my thoughts of this issue. I think intelligent design should not be taught in schools but in churches, temples, or other religious stations. I think the same for creationism. I think Evolution should be taught in school because it is in my opinion the science of how the earth was made. That is what I think about this topic.
Ezra said,
October 16, 2006 at 12:38 pm
Oct 16, at 12:3
Billy Says:
May 12th, 2006 at 9:04 am
I believe in evolution and that the human race evolved from a singled celled sea organism. I don’t think the world is only 10,000 years old because people have fossils of animals that died before that, and if the world was only 10,000 years old, people would have most likely seen extinct animals such as dinosaurs.
I think that you should have the option to have your parents or guardians sign permission slips to take classes during school to learn about evolution and/or intelligent design in school because it is a big part of science. If you don’t take classes about it, then chances are you wont know much about it unless you study it on your own time. And it’s important for students to learn about evolution if they want to work with science or be a scientist.
I Believe in what Billy says because he understands the proof of evolution.
york8 said,
October 16, 2006 at 12:44 pm
2. Ezra | October 16th, 2006 at 12:17 pm
Oct 16, at 12:15
Evolution, Creationism, or Intelligent Design?
I believe that intelligent design should not be taught in science class because it is not proven. It can’t be proven right; however, it can’t be proven wrong either. In science class they should teach evolution and the holes in it. Educators should say that some people believe in intelligent design and creationism, but it’s a lesson that should be taught in social studies.
Evolution should be taught in science class because it is proven and you can study it. The government made the rule of separation between church and state so that’s what we should follow.
I believe that the debate around intelligent design, creationism, and evolution should be taught in social studies because they are all social topics. If people want only creationism taught then they should send their children to a private, or religious school.
This is what I think.
Jesse’s comments.
Why should any religion be taught in public schools. Your blog is a total contradiction. You say the church and state should be kept seperate, but you should be able to teach religion in social studies. That makes no sense. I think that anything religous should be kept out of schools. If you only teach the Christian point of view, then you should be ashamed of yourself because you are insulting every other religion that is out there. So Ezra, I do not agree, at all, with what you stand for.
york8 said,
October 16, 2006 at 12:52 pm
SNathan Said on
April 25th, 2006 at 11:54 am
Karl?
When’s a “fact” a fact?
What is a “theory” and why do we care?
What’s the difference between “fact” and “opinion”?
What constitutes “proof”?
Finally: What makes something “true”?
My comment
October 16th, 2006 on 12:51 pm
Wow! this a a true comment. SNathan makes a great point in this comment. No one ever really knows when a “fact” is a fact. He is very intelligent and has very good thinking. Nobody really can answer any of these questions. He makes points that some people wouldn’t comprehend. HE just shows his smarts by asking intelligent questions.
Tristan said,
October 16, 2006 at 12:58 pm
Who posted #12?
Ezra said,
October 16, 2006 at 12:59 pm
Religion should not be TAUGHT in school, but the DEBATES over religion in school should be.
Travis said,
October 16, 2006 at 1:02 pm
I think Intelligent design should be taught in science class because Intelligent design pertains somewhat to science. If you teach evolution in school then you need to teach Intelligent design because some people who believe in Buddhism believe that it is the answer to evolution.
I think evolution should be taught in school because people who believe in evolution should all learn exactly what it is in its fullest extent. It has somewhat to do with human science.
Creationism should also be taught in school. It is an opinion of a group of people that every thing was created as it is, and gradually evolves or changes. It should be taught to show all aspects of the creation of all living things.
So my conclusion is that they all should be taught to show all opinions of life’s creation and design. People think different things so everyone should learn each others thoughts.
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Max said,
October 16, 2006 at 1:05 pm
Ezra, Jesse’s right you did state two opposite points in the same essay and you said you beleive in both.
Ezra said,
October 16, 2006 at 1:34 pm
Max look at # 14
Matt said,
October 17, 2006 at 10:09 am
Intelligent design should not be taught in science class. Intelligent design has to do with religion, and there is nothing about religion that belongs in a SCIENCE classroom. As many people know, science and religion do not mix well. I do believe students should learn about this, just not in science class.
Creationism should be taught in school. Although it is based on religious beliefs, you do not necessarily have to teach that religion. You would be teaching ABOUT one theory of how humans arrived at their current state. There is nothing wrong with saying, “This religion believes…”. Creationism does not belong in its own class though. It should be taught along with the theory of evolution. For anyone to learn about either one, the opposing views must be stated, and given equal time to discuss.
As with creationism, evolution should be taught in school. I see absolutely no reason for it to be kept outside of school. It is all right as long as it is stated that evolution is not proven to be entirely factual, and that it is a popular belief among many people. Evolution should only be taught along with creationism, and both sides of the argument should be equally proposed to the students.
Barb said,
October 17, 2006 at 10:11 am
SNathan Says:
April 25th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
There are no facts, only opinions with some level of supporting evidence.
A theory cannot be proven, only tested. At any given moment a theory can be overturned. The best you can say about a theory is that there is no credible evidence to the contrary. You can never say a theory has been “proven” but it’s ok. A theory is what gives you predictability.
A LAW on the other hand, like Ohm’s Law, is a statement — often of a mathematical nature — that explains the relationships between and among physical properties. Laws are often based on theory.
An exception to my first sentence is the use of the term in mathematics. For example, 2+5=7 is a math “fact.” In logic (the mathematical foundation of philosophy), facts are established, not by theory but by declaration. Example:
All men are apes.
I am a man
Therefore I am an ape.
The first two statements are facts. The third is a conclusion based on fact. The conclusion is valid.
Example:
All men are green cheese.
I am a man.
Therefore I am green cheese.
The first two statements are facts. The third is a conclusion based on fact. The conclusion is valid, even if somewhat humorously inaccurate.
Be careful with the use of terms like “fact” and “opinion” and “theory” and “proof.” They mean something specific and can lead to conclusions that, while valid, are not true.
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I like this entry because I think it’s good to think before you speak, or write. It’s hard to remember that, especially on a blog, you never know how people will interpret what you say. I think this is written well, and SNathan makes a good point at how the ideas of facts and theories can be skewed.
Caitlin said,
October 17, 2006 at 10:12 am
Ever since evolution was integrated into the public school curriculum there has been a heated debate on whether it was a appropriate topic to be taught. Some people think creationism should be taught instead of evolution. As of recently a new school of thought has entered the debate; intelligent design. So the debate continues; what should be taught?
I do not think intelligent design should be taught in science class. The belief of intelligent design is not a theory that can be proven and tested, using the scientific method, like everything else in the science curriculum. It is a theory based on faith and religious teachings, not facts and evidence. These faith based teachings have no place in the science curriculum of a public school, because first and foremost, there is no science involved in the theory, and, second of all, our founding fathers made it quite clear in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights that there should be separation of Church and State. Teaching religion in science would be a severe violation of this basic principle upon which our country was founded.
I, on the other hand, do think evolution should be taught in school. It has been proven numerous times with facts and hard evidence. Evolution is accepted as a fact by an overwhelming majority of scientists worldwide. Finding out where we, as a species, came from is something that everyone wonders, so, since there is a likely, and scientific, answer to this question it should be taught in science class.
I do not think that creationism should be taught in school. Teaching religion in school goes completely and totally against the separation of church and state. Also, teaching creationism in school isn’t teaching about all religions, or teaching about religion, it is teaching a Christian based belief that doesn’t incorporate or agree with many other world religions. If creationism were taught in school many kids would be taught that what they grew up believing is wrong and incorrect. This would put kids in an awkward position that teachers and administrators should never put their students. Also, keep in mind that if the material was taught there will be assignments and, most likely quizzes on the topic. What kind of a position does that put a kid? They’d have to lie or contradict their personal beliefs in order to do well in school. This is not right at all!
I am strongly of the opinion that we should keep church and state, and religion and school separate. Melding them will always bring up problems, upset numerous people, and create chaos. The founding fathers knew what they were doing when they wrote the First Amendment, that called for the separation of church and state.
Casey said,
October 17, 2006 at 10:16 am
10/17/06
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Creationism
What belongs in school?
I don’t think intelligent design should be taught in science class. The material taught in science class is factual and can be proven, since intelligent design can’t be proven then it shouldn’t be taught in science. There is absolutely no scientific evidence proving the theory of intelligent design. There is nothing wrong with believing in intelligent design but I believe it should be a choice. The reasons for teaching ID in school are meant for the learning benefit of children so I don’t agree with excluding intelligent design completely from the curriculum. I think intelligent design should be talked about in history or social studies class. Being able to talk about these three theories (intelligent design, evolution, and creationism) allows students to form their own opinions. As long as you’re not forcing your ideas onto anyone, student or teacher, I don’t see anything wrong with talking about, not teaching, intelligent design.
I strongly believe that evolution should continue to be taught in school. Teaching evolution in science class is imperative. All of biology and earth science is based on the theory of evolution, to take evolution out of science would be cutting down science at the root. Evolution has no biased toward any certain religion. This is the only of the three theories that does not violate the first amendment. “Scientific evidence supports the theory that living species descended with modification from common ancestors that lived in the ancient past.” Since evolution can be scientifically proven there is no
problem with teaching it in science.
I do not agree with teaching creationism in school. There is a rule in all public schools across America that says, “the [religious] devotion of the people has been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state. “Meaning the teaching of religion is school is against the law. Bringing creationism into schools you would be basically teaching against any religion that states there is more than one god or any god at all. Bringing creationism into public schools would mean you would have to bring thousands of other religious stands into the curriculum. This plainly goes against the first amendment. If parents want their children to be taught creationism they can take it upon themselves to either teach their child or send their child to a private school. As I stated before there is nothing wrong with all of these theories being talked about but teaching them would not be in the best interest of the school system. “When the government puts its imprimatur on a particular religion it conveys a message of exclusion to all those who do not adhere to the favored beliefs.” says Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun.
Michael said,
October 17, 2006 at 10:16 am
WHAT BELONGS IN SCHOOL
I think that intelligent design should not be taught in science class because it can’t be tested. Evolution has been tested and is proven that we evolved. We’re not supposed to have religion and state together because in a public school there will be all kinds of religions. The students would not learn the things that they need to learn when their religions would contradict each others. Evolution is not part of a religion and would not get in the way with the students learning. Some religions say that it is against their religion and in that way they say that they want to learn something else.
Yes, I think that evolution should be taught in school because evolution tells about our past. When we learn about our past we get to know ourselves better. I think that when you talk about evolution you get the other points of view.
No, I think that creationism should not be taught in school. It doesn’t affect everyone’s points of view. There are so many different religions out there that choosing the beliefs of one and presenting them in school would insult every other religion. I also think that if you want creationism taught then you should go to a private school. But most importantly the first Amendment in the Bill of Rights says that you have to have seperation of church and state.
MICHAEL
Willie said,
October 17, 2006 at 10:18 am
I do not think creationism should be taught in school, but evolution should.
Creationism goes directly against the seperation of church and state, and if it was taught you would have to teach all other religions too. Not just christianity. Science is universal, everyone can agree that some things happen because of science, not religion, such as flying. Therefore evolution ( a scientific theory) should be taughtt in school, but creationism shouldn’t.
Malinka said,
October 17, 2006 at 10:18 am
What Belongs in School
Intelligent design should not be taught in science class. Science is about facts, intelligent design isn’t, and therefore there is no reason to see it as part of a unit in science class. The United States National Academy of Sciences said in an interview that intelligent design is not science because it cannot be tested by an experiment, it does not generate any predictions, or propose any new hypothesis. Along with the USNAS a huge majority of the scientific community thinks of intelligent design as unscientific or “junk science”. If intelligent design could be proven right there would be no issue, but it can’t. And because of that another problem arises, the separation of church and state. If you start to teach a subject such as ID in science class you’ll have to teach a thousand other religious explanations of evolution in class and that turns into a bigger problem than we already have. If parents feel very strongly that about teaching their kids ID then they can do it on there own time, there is no reason for them to try to bring it into public schools.
Evolution should definitely be taught in school. It is considered one of the most important existing theories that explains, how the world of plants and animals came to be. Without this knowledge many units that we will be studying in classes such as science and biology will become unclear. So why the debate? Scientists don’t have an exact explanation of what happened those billions of years ago. But as it is there is enough support for the theory of evolution that we can safely teach it at school. In a 1997 poll 95 percent of scientists had no doubt that Darwin’s Theory is correct. The United States is really the only country in the world that still has debates about this topic, everyone else in the world, no matter what religion, has come to think of the theory as fact.
Creationism shouldn’t be taught at school. Creationists believe that humans were created by a god about six to ten thousand years ago. By teaching Creationism in public schools the first amendment would be violated because of the separation of church and state. There is also no doubt that the world wasn’t created six to ten thousand years ago. Some of the oldest bacterial fossils can be found in Australia and are estimated to be about 3,465 million years old. This shows that Creationism is not scientific and therefore should not be taught as if it were a fact. If Creationism was introduced into public schools why not start teaching Satanism? Just because God is viewed as a better figure there would be no excuse for not starting to teach Satanism, or other religious beliefs, along side Creationism.
Willie said,
October 17, 2006 at 10:19 am
Will
I do not think intelligent design should be taught in science class. Many people who believe in intelligent design dislike the fact that evolution is being taught in class. They are arguing that evolution only shows one theory, or perspective, on the beginning of life. They say many people do not believe in evolution, therefore all sides of the story should be taught in school. However, there is one flaw in their points of view. Intelligent design is not scientific. The theory is strictly religious and has no scientific proof to back it up. In fact, it goes against any scientific perspective. Science says that there is always a reason for something happening. There are always laws that cannot be bypassed. Intelligent design suggests that there is somebody, something, that is there to guide us through life. There is no reason or proof to back it up. You may ask: Why can’t scientists run tests to back up their opinions? It is impossible to test the so called “supernatural”. There are so many variables and unanswered questions. Who is this being? How do we know of him or her? Where do we find him. If such simple questions cannot be answered, how could such a being exist? This is why intelligent design is not scientific. In the world of science, intelligent design is a false concept, thus it should not be taught in science class.
I think that evolution should be taught in school. Evolution is a very important part of science class. It scientifically gives an alternative to god and creationism. What I mean by scientifically is to use the scientific method. The steps are to think of ideas, form a hypothesis, run a test, record your data, and come to a conclusion. Scientists ran tests to see if evolution was an acceptable theory. They found evidence that we more than likely came from monkeys. Evolution is the most scientifically acceptable theory of where we came from to date. If your child wanted to be a successful mathematician, would you want him going to school without taking a geometry course? Of course you would not. Geometry is an important part of math and it will help your child achieve his goal. Leaving evolution out of science class could easily prevent your child from becoming a successful scientist. This is why it is necessary to teach evolution in school.
I do not think creationism should be taught in school. Religion is not a science. Science is an alternative to religion in some cases, but in others it’s just why things are the way they are. This can apply to everybody’s beliefs. Science is universal. Creationism is based on religion. Just because evolution goes against creationism, does not mean creationism should be taught as well. The whole thought behind teaching evolution and creationism is to teach all perspectives. However, if you started teaching creationism, a christian based theory, wouldn’t you have to teach judaism, Buddhism, and other world religions if you wanted to show all perspectives? Science is a universal subject, therefore it is fair to teach it in school. Creationism applies mainly to christians. Therefore it shouldn’t be taught in school. Finally, we are all forgetting one important fact. The bill of rights says there must be seperation of church and state. Public schools are part of the state, so teaching religious based theories in school is going directly against the bill of rights. Our country was founded on these people who wrote the bill of rights. We all abide the bill of rights in almost any circumstance, so why should we make an exception for this rule? All these laws should be followed by everybody, and this is why creationism shouldn’t be taught in school.
Barb said,
October 17, 2006 at 10:20 am
Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design
Intelligent design shouldn’t be taught in science class, yet. The whole idea of intelligent design just recently caught the media’s attention, and I don’t think that most people want to have their children learning about pseudo science or religion until there has been a longer amount of time to digest and prove it. Because intelligent design is being debated, it is not yet ready to be part of the science curriculum. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with deciding what you believe in, but in science class it doesn’t seem appropriate. I wholeheartedly support the idea of it being being talked about in social studies, but science is based on factual information, that has amounted with years of research. In fifteen years from now, I might be ready to accept the idea of intelligent design in science. I think Americans need proof that this isn’t just a fad that is catching on.
Evolution should definitely be taught in school. Many people believe that there are “holes” in Charles Darwin’s theory, but evolution has been proven and tested and analyzed for many, many, years. Without evolution, biology has no basis for meaning. Evolution has been accepted as one of the most backed-up theories in the scientific community. Evolution has no religious beliefs hidden within it; and even if you do believe in one intelligent creator, or god, that does not mean you need to bring that into the classroom. We need to enforce the First Amendment, separation of church and state, and keep opinions and personal beliefs out of science.
Creationism should not be taught in school. Though creationism has been taught since the beginning of time i n Christian Cultures, it is way too religion based for school. You can believe in God, and still appreciate evolution. The idea that the earth was created in six days, six to ten thousand years ago, has no scientific facts backing it up. The Bible, the Koran, and the Torah are stories about the beginning of time, not facts. They may be true, but deciding that a few stories are true, rather than proven facts isn’t logical. When you learn stories passed down from word of mouth, you could end up with anything.
As I said before, we must separate church and state, otherwise, how will we enforce other laws? Also, very few college graduates believe in creationism(25%), where as people with lesser education are more apt to believe in it(67%). What’s that say? If creationism was taught in school, we’d be teaching the less educated opinion.
chris bartlett said,
October 17, 2006 at 10:26 am
I think creationism shouldn’t be taught in school because it deals with a supernatural creator. Which could be religious, therefore it should be taught in private school not in public school. It doesn’t belong in public schools because of the supernatural creator and of how religious it is.
I think evolution should be taught in school because it’s basically what they teach in biology class. It would be pretty hard to logically teach people another way that humans first came on earth.
I think intelligent design shouldn’t be taught be in science class because it should rather be taught in biology class. Because biology class is about how we came on earth, and in biology they teach you about how close we are related to monkeys dna wise.
It also could be in science because that’s about DNA and human beings. In science they teach you about chromosomes, cells, DNA, and how we are chromosomes are allot like are parents.
Holly said,
October 17, 2006 at 11:00 am
Intelligent design should not be taught in Science class because science is a subject that deals with facts. We can’t prove there is a superior being and just because we can’t disprove it doesn’t mean it’s a fact. Debating the way the people were created is a different story. It would be okay to debate in Social Studies because it has a huge inmact in the world.
Evolution shouldn’t be taught at school because if it was, those who do not believe in evolution will be upset and will leave the school. People have a right to believe in what they want and we can’t teach them otherwise. We can’t prove everything about evolution, and until we can, we should not teach it in school.
Creationism should not be taught in public schools because in public schools there are so many different races and religions. If you want your children to learn creationism, put them in a private school that teaches it. The First Amendment states separation from church and state. We can’t bring religious beliefs into court and we can’t bring governmental beliefs into church. Teaching beliefs in school would be teaching religion in school. We can’t do that. This argument is also getting the government involved which would also be mixing church and state because they will vote to their religious beliefs.
york8 said,
October 17, 2006 at 11:03 am
Marlowe Johnson
10/11/06
I don’t agree that intelligent design should be taught in science class, because it is a theory that cannot be proved nor disproved. There is no way to prove that there is a powerful entity or entities that guided evolution to create life. Also the First Amendment prevents it from being taught in public school.
I agree that evolution should be taught in school because it is a proven, sound fact. There may be small holes in it, but it is scientifically sound and is accepted by scientist around the world. Carbon dating and the fossils of dinosaurs, and other animal’s remains, have proven this theory.
I don’t agree that creationism should be taught in school. It is a religious belief that can’t be proven, but nor can it disproved. Also, because of the separation of Church and State, under the First Amendment to the Constitution, restricts the government (public schools) from teaching the theory of creationism . Carbon dating has shown that the Earth has existed for more that 40 million years, disproving that the Earth was created in a week (or rather 6 days and then a rest for ‘God’). Bones of dinosaurs and ancient creatures prove that evolution took place.
Nimo said,
October 17, 2006 at 11:11 am
Max: Intelligent design should not be taught in science class. Intelligent design has to do with religion, and there is nothing about religion that belongs in a SCIENCE classroom. As many people know, science and religion do not mix well. I do believe students should learn about this, just not in science class.
Nimo: I agree with what max says because I also believe that science and Religion just don’t mix well. I also agree with him when he said that students should learn about this if they believe in it….. but just not in Science Class……..
Nimo said,
October 17, 2006 at 11:13 am
Creationism:
No, I do not think that Creationism should be taught in school, even though I believe in it Because I believe that nothing religious what so ever should be taught in a public school. And also because I believe the church and state should be separate and not together. There is a possibility that the students in the public school do not practice the same religion, so by teaching Intelligent design you have to mention god and everyone does not believe in the same god. Also there might be some Atheists that do not believe in god at all that might go to that school and they might feel that the teachers are telling them to believe in god.
Mia said,
October 17, 2006 at 11:19 am
Yes I do think we should be taught intelligent design in science class I think became from a natural process and it took many years to make humans. But some people don’t believe in the natural process like I do. Like if did a research we could probably find out how some things start apes were made” developed”. I think the higher power helped us. Like the gorilla and the monkey have some of the same characteristic but there not the same.
Yes I do think we should be taught evolution in school because even if people don’t agree with it we should try to get a sense of how of how we came to earth. We have a lot of characteristic in like apes do, like everything is formed there is along process. And there probably were many stages to develop apes into humans. We could also find out many things like how the newest insect was formed and long it took, compare humans to that and how we might have been created.And I also. think that evolution has plenty of scientific evidence supporting it.
Creationism shouldn’t be taught in school, how are we gonna find facts about god and that god just put us on the the earth with no help from the nature. And we might not get facts on evolution either, but still there is more leads of evolution. There is nothing wrong with believing in it. But I still don’t think it should be taught in school.And bringing creationism into schools you would be basically teaching against any religion that states there is more than one god or any god at all.
El Chicken Dan said,
October 17, 2006 at 11:23 am
Does intelligent design really have intelligence?
I think that intelligent design has no place in science class. I think this because the name of the class is science class, and the belief that a “supreme creator” influenced the mutation of species is ridiculous and has not a shred of scientific evidence. The idea of an almighty creator influencing the evolution of the earth is a belief, not a theory. Theories can be proven or disproved. A belief simply cannot be supported by science. It is quite clear that a belief like intelligent design has no place in the science classrooms.
I think that evolution definitely should remain a part of the school curriculum. I think this because of the fact that evolution has been tested several times by the scientific method and has been proven to be correct. Darwin’s Theory has very firm scientific support and without a doubt should stay in the science classroom.
As for creationism, I think that it should stay out of science class and the entire school. creationism is plainly and simply, religion. The idea of the earth being ten thousand years old and being created by some holy grand mighty being is pure fiction and has even less scientific support, proof, or evidence than intelligent design. Also, teaching creationism as well as teaching intelligent design goes against the constitutional rule of the separation of church and state. Creationism should get out of the classrooms and stay out.
Jordan said,
October 17, 2006 at 11:26 am
Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design
Intelligent design should not be taught in science class. It shouldn’t be taught in science class because the First Amendment prevents church and state from coming together. Since intelligent design is a religious belief it would violate that amendment. Although I wouldn’t teach it in science class I would have a discussion about it in another class to show other peoples views.
Yes, evolution should be taught in school. Evolution should be taught in school because it is the only non-religious theory of how life began that is not only well backed up by scientific facts but also is widely accepted by most scientists. Although I think that evolution should be taught in school, they shouldn’t just teach the stuff they know about evolution. They also need to teach people about the gaps in evolution. In history you don’t just teach people about the good things that happened in society, you teach them about the bad things too. Also, when you teach evolution you can’t call it a fact. Even though there are many facts to prove it, there are still gaps in evolution, therefore it is a theory.
I don’t think creationism shouldn’t be taught in school. First of all you can’t teach religion in school, it’s against the constitution. Another reason is that it singles out one religion. If you teach things about Christianity you would also need to teach things about other religions. Also, if you weren’t Christian you probably wouldn’t enjoy being in that class.
dani said,
October 17, 2006 at 12:16 pm
science class, where it doesn’t belong. Nor, does any other religion.
What about separation of church and state? Teaching creationism and intelligent design in school? I do not feel that intelligent design is a real science. I think that intelligent design and creationism are, in a way, opinions. I think that faith is a collection of peoples’ morals and beliefs. I welcome and respect that they have their opinions, but they have to know that not everyone believes what they belive.
Dani said,
October 17, 2006 at 12:19 pm
I think that learning about intelligent design should be a choice. The school boards and teachers should, in a way, let the students choose. I personally think that they should hold some sort of supervised study, or after school class if the student really wants to be educated on the subjects of creationism, evolution, and intelligent design. Or, if the school has a debate team they should hold a debate on the three subjects. In a way, my opinion is like what President Bush said: “Both sides ought to be properly taught… I think that part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought.” Yes, people would get upset. Yes, it might make a scene, and yes we are entitled to our own opinion.
As far as evolution is concerned I do not understand how Kansas is trying to change the definition of : “science.” Science class is about science, not religion. Even thought some students might not believe in evolution, they should still understand that it is still a very strongly based scientific theory if not a fact. It baffles me how they are letting the Christian religion into the science class, where it doesn’t belong. Nor, does any other religion.
What about separation of church and state? Teaching creationism and intelligent design in school? I do not feel that intelligent design is a real science. I think that intelligent design and creationism are, in a way, opinions. I think that faith is a collection of peoples’ morals and beliefs. I welcome and respect that they have their opinions, but they have to know that not everyone believes what they believes.
Dani said,
October 17, 2006 at 12:20 pm
im sorry about the half essay, please ignore it
alex said,
October 17, 2006 at 12:26 pm
What belongs in public schools I don’t think that intelligent design should be taught in science class because it’s not a proven fact and science class is only for proven facts. But, I do think that intelligent design should be debated in social studies class. It is a social topic and that’s what social studies class teaches.
I think evolution be taught in school and I also think that evolution shouldbe debated in science class because evolution is a proven fact. If intelligent design is taught in a public schools then you might as well teach evolution too.
I think creationism shouldn’t be taught at school, but it should be debated in social studies class because it is also a social topic and not a proven fact. If you teach one theory you should teach the other two theories so there isn’t a big fight about it, but that would be bringing religion into school and that goes against the First Amendment, church vs. state, which says that the church can’t interfere with th government and the government interfere with the church.
alie Eryn said,
October 17, 2006 at 12:29 pm
I think that if you are not against what you believe in something like God or say religion it should be taught in the classroom. Evolution should be taught in science not intelligent design or creationism should not be taught in science class. Teach that stuff in a different class like social studies or english. Science teachers don’t really do debates because that subject can turn into a debate.
I think Evolution should be taught in school only in certain classes though. Evolution is how we were made.
Evolution Isn’t always right but it is the best way to prove something now. I think that creationism should not be taught in school creationism is a lot more religious than scientific. My reasoningsfor that I think that creationism shouldn’t be taught in school that is a public school is because it is not scientific it is religious. Plus people have different religions and believe in different gods. Private schools aren’t owned by the government so it is a lot different. If we are in like cathedral it is fine because they are not funded from the government. In private schools I believe that yes it should definitely be taught.
Thao said,
October 17, 2006 at 12:30 pm
I don’t think that intelligent design should be taught in science class because there are no facts that prove it. I think it should be taught in social studies class because it is a social topic.
I don’t think that evolution should be taught in school because some people get offended because evolution is against their religion. There are people who are religious that don’t want science teachers to teach evolution to their children. People who are Christian believe that god just created us. That’s why they don’t want their kids to go to a public school because their kids will learn about evolution.
I don’t think that creationism should be taught in a public school. I know that there are people who believe that God just created us, and other living things, and put these things in this world. I believe that it should not be taught in school unless it is taught as a socia
pete said,
October 17, 2006 at 12:33 pm
I don’t believe intelligent design should be taught in science class, because it is a religous belief, and it can not be proven by scientists, but at the same time, it can not be disproved. That is why you just have to believe in it, and not need proof that it exists, that is also why that subject belongs in church, temple, etc. If you did teach it in science class people who believe in other religions might have other ideas on what happens other than the three big topics, which are creationism, intelligent design and evolution. These people might become offended by what is is being taught.
On the other hand ,I think evolution should be taught in science class,because scientists have proof that evolution does really occur, and it has nothing really to do with any religion so I think it should not offend anyone who believes in any sort of religion.
I believe that evolution should taught in science class but intelligent design and creationism should not be taught in school but should rather be taught in church, temple,etc. I myself do not believe in creationism. because I don’t think that God in just six days could have possibly created the entire earth and everything that lives on it.
Emma said,
October 17, 2006 at 1:58 pm
Emma Robinson
Intelligent design should not be taught in science class, for many reasons. First off, science is a subject where fact, not belief, is taught. Changing the national definition of science so that religion can be crammed into the curriculum (like a town in Kansas is trying) should not be tolerated. Does the First Amendment not say that church and state must be separated? Secondly, not everyone believes in the same higher power, and some believe that there isn’t one in the first place. No student is going to be willing to sit through a class where they are taught about a different religion, and that it is right, while they don’t believe it at all. Perhaps intelligent design could be taught in school, in social studies or L.A. where you can debate the topic.
Creationism, which would basically be brining religion into school, should be limited to certain subjects. With such a religious topic, if it was within a class where you are able to debate it and look at it, not teach it as a “right” or “wrong” topic, it would be touchy, but acceptable. However, if you were to bring it into science, then absolutely not. Telling students, who’s beliefs vary from God to Satan, is a very bad idea, to put it simply. Nobody wants to be told what to believe, and they are protected from that with our very own First Amendment. Also, if you’re going to debate religious theories, then which one? There are a large amount of religions in this world, so why do we have to focus on just the christian one?
Evolution should be taught in school. It’s a hard thing to get around for some people, but evolution is fact based. It has nothing to do with faith or belief, but pure facts that have been backed up by years of research. There is nothing in the Bill of Rights that says you’re not allowed to bring evolution into school. Why? Because there’s nothing violating any of the amendments. I realize that people can’t grasp that their God didn’t make the earth, but you also have to see that this is what we know. No, I’m not hinting that if you don’t believe in evolution then you’re wrong. Sure, there is a possibility that an intelligent designer made this Earth according to a master plan, but until someone proves it, evolution is what we have. Generally speaking, we know that we evolved, it can be backed up by many, many facts. There are gaps, though, and those should be discussed as well.
Kyle said,
October 17, 2006 at 2:03 pm
Creationism, Intelligent Design, and Evolution
No, intelligent design should not be taught in science class because it is religious. The idea of God doesn’t necessarily exist, but doesn’t necessarily not exist. Also, the things that are taught in science class are based on proven facts and choosing one religious to be taught in school would leave out other religions.
Yes, evolution should be taught in school because it has the most known facts to support it’s theory. The other two (creationism and intelligent design) both have God as part of the message. God hasn’t been proven so religion should not be mentioned because it isn’t backed up by facts. There is a wide universe out there though and we know very little about it.
I am split on the subject of creationism being taught in school. On one hand it involves God, religion, and public education. These things aren’t supposed to mix. But, on the other hand, if we are wrong and a higher power does exist than creationism should be taught in school.
Creationism can’t be taught in schools because of the First Amendment when it says you can’t mix church and state.
nick said,
October 18, 2006 at 9:12 am
Nick Anderson
INTELLIGENT DESIGN,CREATIONISM,EVOLUTION
Intelligent design should not be taught in science class because it is way to hard to explain. Plus, there would be too many questions about how did an intelligent entity, or “designer” create the earth. There would also be too many angry parents and kids because it might cause conflict with their religion. It would also start too many arguments during class so it would be almost impossible to complete a lesson within one or two classes. Therefor, it would cause too much unrest during school, especially in science class. Intelligent design should be taught in social studies, but not in any other class because it would be more relevant there since it could be part of an open debate during the class.
Creationism should be taught in social studies, but not in any other class because it would be more relevant there since it could be part of an open debate during the class. Also, it would a good exercise of freedom of speech, and it would help shape a persons view of how life came to be. It should not be in science class because in science you teach fact. The First Amendment in the Bill of Rights insured there would be a separation of church and state. Therefor if it were taught in science class it would violate the Bill Of Rights.
Evolution should be taught in science class because it is a more acceptable way of teaching how life came to be since most of the theory has been proven by scientists. So, it would make it less difficult to teach how we evolved because we have cold hard facts on what evolved into what. When people ask about how we evolved, teachers would be able to answer the question without involving religion.
Andrew said,
October 18, 2006 at 9:40 am
yeah sorry, 12 was mine i forgot i was logged on! o.O
Ezra said,
October 18, 2006 at 9:40 am
The numbers are gone!!!!!!!
Ezra said,
October 18, 2006 at 9:41 am
noooooooo!!!
John said,
October 18, 2006 at 12:10 pm
Do I think intelligent design should be taught in science class. I don’t think that intelligent design should be taught in science class because the class would be to split. some kids would not like other kids because of there views. Some kids might be angry at there friends and then not want to be friends because they don’t believe the same thing. Then the school would be on the news for the controversy of the subject of intelligent design might make some parents want to have their kids go to different schools that aren’t teaching intelligent design in their science class.
I don’t think evolution should be taught because it will make some kids parent’s feel uncomfortable that there kids are being taught evolution when there Christian or Catholic (etc.).. The religious parents might not like the other kids and/or parents because they believe in evolution or intelligent design, instead of creationism. The school might get in trouble for teaching it in there school, The school board would get bad letter from parents that don’t think it’s right, the school might get vandalized.
I don’t think creationism be taught in school. I think people of other religion might be offended that the school is teaching the Christian beliefs of how people were created, the other people of other religions might get angry because there not teaching there beliefs on how people were created.
because separating church in state. Creationism should be taught in privet school not public there’s a reason for catholic and Christian schools.
Graehme said,
October 18, 2006 at 12:11 pm
Inteligent design, evolution, and creationism.
I do not believe that intelligent design should be taught in science class, despite the fact that personally I believe in intelligent design, I believe it doesn’t belong in public school science class because it is a Christian belief and if we start teaching christian beliefs in science class, we’ll have to start teaching Jewish beliefs, and the beliefs of all major religions for that matter, so that we are not showing favoritism to a specific religion.
I do believe that evolution should be taught in school because it is the only truly neutral belief. I also believe that church and state should be separated from each other, and teaching religious beliefs in school is bringing them a little to close for my taste. Also, teaching evolution is essentially teaching the same beliefs as intelligent design, but in a neutral fashion.
I do not believe that creationism should be taught in school because, setting aside the fact that I do not believe in it, it is a Christian belief, and I believe that only neutral beliefs should be taught in public school, because people of all faiths should get the same treatment as everyone else.
luke b said,
October 18, 2006 at 12:16 pm
luke b
Yes I think intelligent design should be taught in science class because it teaches you both beliefs. It teaches you to look at both sides and not to focus on one belief. I think it broadens your mind so you don’t believe in just one thing, it lets you think about religion and if the Christians are right or not. Personally I don’t believe in intelligent design because it is a mix of evolution and creationism and I don’t think those twocontroversies should be taught together.
No I don’t think evolution should be taught in school because it is a belief that is to controversial to be taught young kids,but I think it could be taught high school and collage because they are older and would understand it more.I am one who believes in evolution because we have proof that this really happed.
No I don’t think creationism should be taught in school because alot of kids don’t really care about all of these controversies,but the ones who do believe in this stuff should have there own class,one where you can speak your mind. I am one of those kids who doesn’t believe in creationism because I don’t think it’s a true fact.
Fazal said,
October 19, 2006 at 1:08 pm
I think that Intelligent design should not be taught in science class because the only things that the science teacher can teach are things that is scientifically proven. Intelligent design is not a theory, or fact, so it goes against the way the teacher should teach the students. Also, it might be against some of the students religion, and students really wouldn’t enjoy listening to what the teachers say. Parents might start getting involved in this matter and start protesting because they send their kids to school to learn, not religions that they may be against.
I think that evolution should not be taught in school because each religion has their own belief in how humans were created. I do not believe that evolution turned apes into men, even if they teach evolution it would be a waste of my time! One thing people should know that evolution is a theory, even though parts of it are fact, a theory is not yet proven, only tested. And at any given moment a theory can be overturned. So why do people think scientists have to prove everything before it can be real?
I think that creationism should not be taught in school because as it is on the issue it is against other beliefs. What Creationism means to me is that God made the everything in the world in six days. In my religion (Islam) Allah created everything that is in this world right now. I think everything , like the life cycle and food chain, were created for a purpose. After all, nothing should be forced in America with a democratic government.
Max said,
October 19, 2006 at 1:14 pm
Intelligent design should not be taught in science class because intelligent design is a religious belief and should not be taught to those who don’t practice it. If you put intelligent design in school, it will effect other students who practice other religions. This will cause confusion. It may be against individual beliefs.
Evolution should not be taught in school because each religion has their own belief of how people were created. Evolution is a theory that people can believe or not believe, but some aspects were proven. If a teacher, or teachers, wanted to teach evolution they would not be able to because it is not 100% scientifically proven.
Creationism should not be taught in school because it is a belief of a certain religion and would be against some peoples beliefs. I have a question. If god created humans than how come we do not look the same, talk the same and practice the same beliefs as other people do?
Margaret said,
October 19, 2006 at 1:16 pm
No, I don’t think that intelligent design should be taught in science class because science is based on fact and intelligent design is not a proven fact. But, I do think it is something that should be debated in social studies because it is something that is going on in the world.
I think students and teachers should be able to discuss Creationism in school. It shouldn’t be taught in school (like a class) because there is no proof of a higher God, but it can be debated as part of a bigger argument. Some students and teachers do believe that there is a God who created the universe so they should have the right to discuss it.
I think students and teachers should be able to discuss evolution in school, as a debate. If we don’t learn about these things now, then when we grow up we won’t know about the many different theories about how the world was made. Also, there are more theories than intelligent design, creationism, and evolution out there and I think that everyone should be able to talk about what they believe.
Lily said,
October 19, 2006 at 2:08 pm
I believe that intelligent design should not be taught in science class. Intelligent design is not scientific but is strictly religious and has no scientific proof to back it up. Many people dislike the fact that evolution is taught in science class. They believe that it shows only one point of view and should not be taught. But if these people believe that intelligent design should be taught instead then they are just as wrong since intelligent design is not scientific.
I believe that evolution should be taught in school. Although I do not believe that it should be taught in science class and not social studies class because it is more scientific than historical. People may believe that evolution only expresses one opinion but it is still scientific , not religious so it is not offending any ones religious beliefs.
I have reasons why i believe that creationism should be taught in school and why it shouldn’t. Creationism gets more into religion than science but it still has to do with science in ways. I am not sure whether it should be taught in science or social studies class because it has to do with both subjects. My opinion would lean more towards it not being aloud to be taught in school because it expresses some peoples opinions and not others.
jenessa said,
October 23, 2006 at 2:16 pm
Jenessa Hayden sequence 1
No, creationism should not be taught in school. Creationism is mostly an opinion and should be debated in social studies, but not taught in any other classes. We can’t learn that God just put us on earth with no help from nature. It should not be taught in school because it is mostly religious. Evolution is more factually based and you can learn more about it than you can creationism.
Yes, intelligent design should be taught in science as an alternative to evolution.
We did come from a natural process, but we cannot prove that God was leading it. There are facts that we came from a natural process, but no facts that God helped - that’s an opinion. I think intelligent design is a good alternative because the people that believe in creationism believe in God and it would not be telling them not to. I also think it is good for the people that believe in evolution, it is good for them because it is saying we came from a evolution like process. I believe in intelligent design because I believe in God and that God helped us get here, but I do not believe that he just put us here.
Yes, evolution should be taught in school because even if people do not agree with it we should try to get a sense of how life began. We have a lot of the same characteristics that apes do, we know how everything is formed, and that life is a long process. There were many stages of development between apes and humans. Evolution helps us compare how the newest animals were formed, how long it took, and how humans might have been created. Students could do lots of experiments and research to try to find out what happened and where life began.
Courtney said,
October 23, 2006 at 2:19 pm
Creationism, Evolution, and Intelligent Design
I think that evolution should be taught in social studies class, I think that the students could have a debate about the topics for an activity, but before they do that, I think that they should get more knowledge about the topics so then they will have a better debate.
I do not think that intelligent design should be taught in science class because kids might start thinking that what they believe in is wrong and that there is only one right theory. As for some kids they might not believe in any of the theories, but I still think it would be good for them to know some information about these topics. Intelligent design should not be taught in science, it should be taught as a debate in social studies.
I think that creationism should also be taught in social studies class. So then no one feels left out about what they think and believe. As for me I do not believe in any of them, but that is fine too. I still think that they should teach these topics in school so then the students can know about the different theories.
Billy ( New Copy) said,
October 23, 2006 at 3:07 pm
Evolution shouldn’t be taught in school because it’s the same thing as intelligent design, but evolution is saying that us, humans, started as little organisms in the water and that we changed and changed until we became like we are now. Not everyone believes this theory. Many believe that God made everybody, and the earth, in six days. Many other religions (Buddhism, Islam, and other religions) might believe in other different things.
Intelligent design shouldn’t be taught in science class because we have different kids and teachers with different religions in our school. They might have different believes, so teaching intelligent design for me wouldn’t belong in science class. It may belong in a private school because a private school is not part of the government.
Creationism shouldn’t be taught in my school because it’s almost the same thing as intelligent design. Creationism is saying God created earth in six days and that humans are the same today as they always were.
Sheldon said,
October 25, 2006 at 5:35 pm
Billy, evolution is NOT the same thing as intelligent design! If anything, it is only a little bit related to it. But… It is your opinion…
Danny said,
October 26, 2006 at 2:00 pm
Danny No, I don’t think that intelligent design should be taught in science class because there is no evidence that God created all life on earth. Science teachers should not give false information to kids so that they believe in intelligent design. Some people who don’t believe in neither, or just in God, or just in evolution, wouldn’t like them teaching it. No, I don’t think evolution should be taught in school because some people don’t believe in evolution, some believe in creationism, and intelligent design. A lot of people will be upset or protest the teaching of evolution.
No, I don’t think creationism should be taught in school because there are many of different religions. In the First Amendment says people have freedom of religion and if you teach creationism that will take peoples’ freedom away. Church must be from the state and you can’t bring religion into public schools.
Barb said,
October 26, 2006 at 2:02 pm
Ok, it’s a little more then sort of related, sheldon. The idea of intelligent design is that it follows the idea of evolution, just with an intelligent creator. You’re thinking of creationism. You might want to get your facts straight.
Emma said,
October 26, 2006 at 2:07 pm
It personally frustrates me that people are even thinking of bringing intelligent design into science. Church and State are SEPERATE!! Plus science is FACT BASED. Intelligent design is believed in through faith, which is fine, if you are of that religion. If America is supposedly “Diverse,” then why are we trying to force people into believing in one certain religion?
Sheldon said,
October 26, 2006 at 5:39 pm
Me?! Or Billy?
york8 said,
October 30, 2006 at 11:20 am
Good, one, Emma! I agree! And, Sheldon, what’re you talking about?!
-Tristan
duong said,
October 30, 2006 at 1:41 pm
Evolution vs. Intelligent Design By: DuongTran
I don’t think that creationism should be taught anywhere in school. There is no scientific proof that God created the universe and there is no evidence. I think Creationism is a religious belief not a science. Some people believe in it and some do not. Part of our culture is to allow people their different religious belief, but we don’t teach them in school, because it is each person’s opinion on this subject.
Intelligent design should not be taught in science class,because there is no scientific evidence that the world was created by a higher power. It should be taught outside of school because it is more opinion than fact. There should be buildings where people can talk about it,like their churches and temples. This would be the places people could discuss their opinions about their beliefs.
I think science classes should talk about evolution because scientists have evidence that this theory is true They have found skeletons, and fossils and other things that show that life forms have changed from when they were first formed millions of years ago.
Mohamed said,
October 30, 2006 at 3:24 pm
What belongs in school?
I think intelligent design is religious concept so it shouldn’t be taught in science class. In our country we keep religion and government separate. Intelligent design talks about God. It talks about some “being” or “intelligent designer” had a plan and created the world as an experiment.
Creationism should not be taught in school because it’s a religious idea and comes from the Bible. Other religions might resent being taught a Christian belief. It’s idea is that God created the world. He made everything as it looks today. Religion shouldn’t be taught in school because some people have no religion, and the other who do might get offended of the other kids opinion on the subject. Parents might get angry if their children were taught a different religion other than their own.
I think evolution should be taught in science because it teaches about different types of species evolving in different time periods. Evolution doesn’t teach students about religion, so I think it’s ok.
grantd said,
October 31, 2006 at 1:00 pm
Testing
Malone said,
October 31, 2006 at 2:35 pm
I think evolution should be taught at school because evolution is not a religion, it is not faith based. It is a fact that can’t be disputed, though parties of it are still a theory, and can’t be proven, there are parts that can be proven. We can prove that organisms go through a state of change and see how they adapt to their surroundings. There is one other flaw in the evolution, it goes against the beliefs of many Christian religions. Many Christians say that everything on the earth was created just as they are now. It would be a big problem for schools because there is a possibility that children, or teachers, that don’t like the idea of evolution being taught in school could strike or transfer to a private school. Despite this, I still think evolution should still be taught in school because it is a crucial thing for every student to know.
I think that intelligent design should not be taught in school because, simply, of the Constitution. The Constitution says that religion and state are to be separate and cannot mix. This is supposed to be the country where you are free to have your own religion. I know personally I wouldn’t want to spend up to an hour of my day listening to something I am not sure is right. If we did learn it class it wouldn’t be bad because we would still be learning a form of evolution.
Concerning the topic creationism, I don’t feel the same way as I do on the last topic; church and state are mixing, and that can’t happen. We can’t have a teacher literally preach to the students that what they have believed in their whole life is wrong and this is how you were really created. If we, as a country, decide to allow creationism as a class, we would be making a sort of hypocritical statement because of separation of church and state. For those reasons we can’t allow creationism to be taught in our schools across America. It doesn’t give us a solid way to look at and accept our society. For example, the Bible tells us that if we are homosexual we are sinners. Messages like these are not acceptable ones to teach our country’s youth.
So in conclusion, I think that evolution is the only teachable out of these three possibilities, but I don’t see it coming into our school for good for a long, long time.
Franciska said,
October 31, 2006 at 3:17 pm
No, intelligent design shouldn’t be taught in school because it is a religiously based. In our country we keep religion and school separate. I think intelligent design is like a religion because it says that some “being” or “designer had a plan and created the world. It seems more like a religion because in religions people say that a God created the world.
Yes, evolution should be taught in science because it doesn’t talk about a creator or a God. In science we talk about facts, not beliefs
No, creationism should not be taught in school because it is religiously based. Creationism comes from the Bible. It’s idea is that a God created the world. He made everything as it looks today. Another reason that religion should not be taught in school because some people have no religion and others worship differently. So everyone will have different opinions on the subject. Teachers wouldn’t have time to teach all religions and also parents would get angry if teachers were teaching their children a different religion. Parents want their children to be taught their religion, not someone else’s religion.
Cong said,
November 1, 2006 at 10:10 am
Intelligent design is a religious concept and should not be taught in science class. We base science on facts. In the constitution we keep religion and government separate. Intelligent design talks about God, or a higher being, that created the world and it’s creatures. It’s a religious idea that came from the Bible. Other religions might resent being taught a christian belief, and some people do not believed in God or any religion. Parents might get angry if their children were taught a different religion other then their own.
Creationism should not be taught in school either. Like I said above, in the constitution we keep religion and government separate and other religions might resent being taught a christian belief, and some people do not believed in God or any religion.
Evolution should be taught in school because I belief that evolution is a fact. Animals evolve over time. Students should learn about facts in science class, not beliefs.
Emma said,
November 1, 2006 at 10:31 am
If only we were old enough to vote, eh?
Elizabeth said,
November 3, 2006 at 11:49 am
Yes, I do think that intelligent design should be taught in Science class because I do believe that we evolved from apes, or gorillas, but I do not think that it happened all by it self. I think that a higher power helped the process along the way because I do not think that they could have done it all by themselves. I think that all of them should be taught side by side so that students can learn about all of them and decide there selves if they believe in intelligent design, creationism, or evolution. Also because intelligent design is in the middle of creationism and evolution and it says “an intelligent identity” not God so you can use your own religious symbol.
Yes, I do think that creationism should be taught in school. If we learn about one thing and not the other then parents will get mad that they are not learning the other thing. It says “higher taxon” not God.
Yes, I do believe that evolution should be taught in school because it is related to science and has the most scientific facts to back it up and it can be proven. And students should be taught that they came from something and not just fell out of the sky.
maria said,
November 3, 2006 at 11:51 am
Yes I do think we should be taught intelligent design in science class I think became from a natural process and it took many years to make humans. But some people don’t believe in the natural process like I do. Like if did a research we could probably find out how some things start apes were made” developed”. I think the higher power helped us. Like the gorilla and the monkey have some of the same characteristic but there not the same.
Yes I do think we should be taught evolution in school because even if people don’t agree with it we should try to get a sense of how of how we came to earth. We have a lot of characteristic in like apes do, like everything is formed there is along process. And there probably were many stages to develop apes into humans. We could also find out many things like how the newest insect was formed and long it took, compare humans to that and how we might have been created.And I also. think that evolution has plenty of scientific evidence supporting it.
Creationism shouldn’t be taught in school, how are we gonna find facts about god and that god just put us on the the earth with no help from the nature. And we might not get facts on evolution either, but still there is more leads of evolution. There is nothing wrong with believing in it. But I still don’t think it should be taught in school. And bringing creationism into schools you would be basically teaching against any religion that states there is more than one god or any god at all.
Sheldon said,
November 8, 2006 at 10:12 am
Creationism, Evolution, and Intelligent Design
By: Sheldon Rembert
I believe that evolution should be taught in school even though it can be misinterpreted in many ways (many feel evolutions strengths, as well as weaknesses, should be taught). There is a lot of controversy between the three ideas (creationism, intelligent design, and evolution) and if evolution were to be taught, it should at least be taught the right way. I also believe that people (if they even want to) should be able to decide on whether or not they are taught these issues in a class. I believe in modified evolution. I believe that God put us here, but nature made us evolve into what we are today. I think that nature did the job that God intended it to do. For example, making humans evolve from monkeys, dogs evolve from wolves, and so on.
It states in the Bill Of Rights that we can’t mix religion and government together. Because of that, we can’t teach creationism in school. I personally believe that it could be taught in an elective class as long as the student wants to learn it.
Now, when it comes to intelligent design,(creation by an intelligent being) I also believe that it should be taught as an elective, for it is an interesting concept to explore. If a student wants to take evolution, they can take evolution. If they want to take intelligent design, they can take intelligent design but what they believe is up to them.
If a person wants to take creationism they can. I know it’s against the Bill of Rights, to teach religion in a public school. But it is not against the Bill of Rights to teach about different points of view. The Bill of Rights protects our right to think our own thoughts.
I do believe that God put us here, but I don’t believe that he selected us to evolve. I believe that God chose nature to do it. As you can probably tell, I feel strongly about this subject.
DanD said,
November 16, 2006 at 1:32 pm
can someone post a comment instead of a speech?!?!?
Sheldon said,
November 19, 2006 at 6:35 pm
NO!
That is what this page is for!
Barb said,
November 27, 2006 at 3:12 pm
WHAT?? If you didn’t pass the stuff in by now than that’s pretty sad anyway. This topic is about creationism, intelligent design, and evolution, not a homework post. So, I, a Christian believe in intelligent design…but i’d never want it taught in school. Discussion?
Sheldon said,
November 29, 2006 at 10:06 am
Ok Sorry.
And, I did not know you are a christian.
york8 said,
November 29, 2006 at 10:08 am
I dont belive in Christianity, personally, I think its a (forgive me) pilfered religion.
~Marlowe
Sheldon said,
November 29, 2006 at 10:08 am
I think that a discussion would be wonderful
Andrew(who is sitting next to me) said he is a Christian but he wouldn’t want his religion taught in school because it is politicly incorrect to do so. If you ask me Andrew is way too political. Politics this and politics that GAH!
york8 said,
November 29, 2006 at 10:10 am
Politics are important.
~Marlowe
Sheldon said,
November 29, 2006 at 10:10 am
I think that a discussion would be wonderful.
Sheldon said,
November 29, 2006 at 10:11 am
Marlowe, that is mean, what you said about our religion!
Barb said,
November 29, 2006 at 10:13 am
“Our” religion? What’s that? I disagree with what marlowe said, but to say “our” is to be as ignorant as the christian-based government.
york8 said,
November 29, 2006 at 10:15 am
Well it is!
-The Halos are taken from the Egytpian Sun Disks
-Baby Krisna (hindu) was given gold, frankensense and myhr.
-The Gosple of Mark was written50 years after Jesus died and was based on stories
-Jesus was made into a Divinity (son of God.) The Niddcian Councile of Rome, Lead by Emperor Constantine, voted that Jeshua of Nazereth was The Son of God.
-God was based after the ruleing god of the Romans, Zeus.
-”Angels” we based off Valkyries from norse mythology.
Satisfied?
~Marlowe
Barb said,
November 29, 2006 at 2:10 pm
Marlowe,
? Religion is about faith, not about facts that a 13 year old boy posts on a blog. There isn’t always black and white explainations, just like life.
I disagree with you because, well, that’s my religion. But I also disaree because what does your belief on Christianity have to do with this?
You want evolution because you agree with it, but I bet also because you don’t want one group saying what is right and wrong. So, in a way, that’s what you were doing.
Sheldon said,
November 29, 2006 at 4:01 pm
Great Point Barb!
Caitlin said,
November 29, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Although what Marlowe posts is correct, it really does not have anything to do with the topic at hand. I am not Christian, nor do I agree with many of the beliefs that are held by Christains, but, at the same time this is not really the time or place to point out how certain religions may be based on other systems of faith, nor insult others religions. I think only evolution should be taught in science class, because religion shouldn’t be taught as fact, at least not in school.
Sheldon said,
November 29, 2006 at 4:07 pm
Yeah.
$~*NiMO*~$ said,
November 29, 2006 at 7:25 pm
i think these topics should stay out of school, no matter which one you teach in school…. some people one will not be happy about it. what’s the point of even picking one to teach anyways??
Caitlin said,
November 30, 2006 at 9:22 am
It is important to learn about evolution in science because it is a scientific fact that students need to know so that they can understand other things better (like biology).