EvC Forum: should creationism be taught in schools?

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whitlee

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Message 1 of 6 (201260)
04-22-2005 6:29 PM

i'm in a competition where i have to work on a debate entitled "should creationism be taught in schools", and i was wondering if anyone has any good points that they could add. i need both sides of the argument.

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dsv

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Message 2 of 6 (201275)
04-22-2005 7:18 PM

Reply to: Message 1 by whitlee
04-22-2005 6:29 PM

Considering this is the Creation versus Evolution forum, I'm willing to bet there are tons of excellent points on both sides of the argument to be found by searching. I imagine the Education and Creation/Evolution forum would be an excellent place to start.

FYI: If you're talking about state and federal funded public schools the answer is clearly NO.

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Message 3 of 6 (201346)
04-23-2005 1:45 AM

Reply to: Message 1 by whitlee
04-22-2005 6:29 PM

I say yes. If you asked me this question a last month, I would have said no. However, I now believe that if people are dumb enough to buy into creationism, they deserve live out their lives in their fantasy world. I stopped caring. It's like the seatbelt law. If people are dumb enough to drive without a seatbelt, it's always good for the gene pool to have these people removed through natural selection.

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Message 4 of 6 (201357)
04-23-2005 3:05 AM

Reply to: Message 1 by whitlee
04-22-2005 6:29 PM

no.

actually, that is to say yes in a manner of speaking. i think it should be taught as part of a "bullshit detector installation" program. they should teach it in basic science classes as an example of what is not science, and why.

edit: also, welcome to evc.

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Message 5 of 6 (201404)
04-23-2005 10:28 AM

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04-23-2005 3:05 AM

My thoughts exactly.

Seeing how important this issue is politically, people cannot really escape from the creationism/evolution "debate", so kids should be exposed to it in school. I think it should be part of the biology curriculum, to show why creationism fails as science, why the theory of evolution works, and, most importantly, why the "arguments" for creationism are almost all based on misunderstandings of basic science and what the theory of evolution actually is.