by M.L Clark

Created on: July 08, 2008   Last Updated: July 18, 2008

I believe that Creationism should be taught in schools. It is important for children to understand all the possiblities that we have knowledge of for our existence on earth. Children should be taught both sides of this ongoing "debate". Teach them that some of society believes in Divine Creator and other believe in the Big Bang and Evolution. As the child ages and is better able to understand the full meaning of creation vs. evolution, then they can make a decision based on their own opinions which side they choose to believe. Evolution cannot be proven 100% and neither can the existance of God. Evolution it is a theory based on objects that have been found and well-educated guesses of time frames in which these objects lived and they may or may not have transformed into the life that we see walking on Earth today. Likewise, religion cannot be proven either. The people that believe, do so by faith alone and use the bible as a guide. If an educational system can teach in science class something that may or may not be true, and essentially needs a bit of faith to believe in itself, then why not teach creationism as well. Let the adolescents make up their own minds. Religion will always be a questionale debate in the eyes of some poeple, however, if you never learn anything about religion, then how will you ever be able to have a mature adult conversation about it. A person cannot possibly debate the concept of whether or not religion is plausible if they never learn anything about it.

Take myself for example; I went to public school where evolution was taught. I never went to church and no one in my family ever talked about God or religion, so I knew nothing about it. At 18 years old, I met my future husband who was raised Christian. It took a long time for me to even consider anything but evolution as an explanation for my existence, because evolution was all I knew. Maybe I was able to be so open to the possibility of Christianity because the thought of human beings and apes coming from the same hereditary line just didn't sit well with me. Although I learned about evolution in school, part of me never really believed it. I suppose I needed just as much faith to believe in Evolution as people do to believe in religion.

In conclusion, a child who is not taught about religion will never understand it. Although evolutionists do not want to hear this, the fact is that religion does exist in the world and many people do believe in it. As long as it remains a concept of this society, it should be taught equally alongside all the other concepts.

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