I'll have a go.
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(1) Is the Universe and all that is within it, including human beings, created through purposeful, intelligent design by a Supreme Being, that is a Creator?
Probably not, but I can't tell you for sure. So I guess I skip question 2.
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(3) Since it cannot be determined whether the Universe, including human beings, is created by a Surprme Being (a Creator), why is creationism not taught as an alternative concept, explanation, or theory, along with the theory of evolution in Tennessee public schools?
Because the hypothesis of a creator (or, for that matter, many creators) is not the only thing that can't be proven 100%. It would be setting a bad precedent, in that all forms of science would have to be equalled with other pseudoscience and nonsense (just have a look at wikipedia's
list of pseudoscientific theories. Many of those would have to be taught, because many can't be conclusively proven false.
So, the poor Tennessee students will be at a severe disadvantage compared to students of other states, because they wasted so much time on uncorroborated science.
"And, lo, a great beast did stand before me, having seven heads, and on each head were there seven mouths, and in each mouth were there seventy times seven teeth. For truly there were seven times seven times seven times seventy teeth, meaning there were. . . okay, carry the three, adding twenty. . . plus that extra tooth on the third mouth of the sixth head. . . Well, there were indeed a great many teeth" - The Revelation of St. Bryce the Long-Winded
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