Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Creation vs Evolution

Creation is the religious belief of how people came about on the earth. Evolution is the scientific theory that people evolved from other species. It is up to the own individual mind to believe either one, yet should we teach both in the class room? Creation is a religious belief, therefore it is taught in church. Evolution is a scientific theory, therefore it should be taught in the class room. Science is not religion. Evolution is also part of history as well as creation, but creation is religious history. Everything boils down to religion verses reason. For creation, we believe that God created the earth and man. For evolution, Charles Darwin gave us a theory of how we evolved from another creature. We teach other scientific theories, so children should be taught the evolution theory. Whether or not they believe this theory is left up to themselves. I believe it is unethical to force religious beliefs upon anyone, but I think it is also wise to teach children the difference between theory and religion. This way they can learn to think for themselves. It is not a matter of what is right or wrong, but it is a matter of faith and what the individual believes. Neither one of these beliefs have been proven with evidence, therefore we can only reside to our own faith as to how we got to where we are.

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