Friday, February 5, 2010

Intelligent Design vs. Evolution

This article was about how teaching evolution in school is another form of religious bias.It claims that life is not designed but can be explained via material causes. The article says, "...the court has effectivly caused the state to endorse materialism and the various religions it supports. Thus the court actually inserted a religious bias into science, while purporting to remove one." And then the court goes on to say, "in no way conflicts with, nor does it deny, the existance of a divine creator." --while it clearly does!
Educators only provide students with a limited amount of evidance, therefore favoring one relgion or another. I think that there will always be a bit of relgious controversy over how the earth was created although for scientific purposes I think that it should be ok to teach in schools. I mean clearly there is a lot to be learned about how we came to be, and I don't think just because there are a few arguments means we need to stop teaching this unit to future generations. We need to bring up the materials and be able to learn and build ideas off of them.

Is God actually the creator of this world?

Can there be other reasons for this planet's existance?




John H. Calvert. "Outlawing Discussion of Intelligent Design in Schools Is a Violation." At Issue: Intelligent Design vs. Evolution. Ed. Louise Gerdes. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Deerfield High School. 5 Feb. 2010 .

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