by Justin Luther

Created on: December 05, 2009

The entire time I went to school, I never, not once, even heard the word creationism come from a teacher's mouth. I didn't even hear the known Christian teachers mention it. The reason is, any thing that could possibly be related to religion has become taboo in the classroom. College science professors have even been fired for bringing up the topic. The question you really have to ask yourself is do I want my kids to go to a school where they are taught A: what to think or B: how to think?

It strikes me odd that most of the same people that push for religious tolerance are the same people that are trying to push it out of the schools. This could just be a stereotype, but from what I've seen its fairly correct. The main argument behind not teaching Creationism in schools, is that Creationism is a theory while Evolution is a fact. What people are forgetting is that Evolution is not actually a fact. There is a good deal of evidence for it, but it is still just an idea.
School should be a place where children are presented with ideas. If you cut Creationism out of the picture, you cut out the student's exposure to something they are going to have to deal with in real life. From a sociological standpoint, it is best for them to be exposed to a diverse amount of ideas in school.
If I had it my way, I would even go as far as to say that each theory should be taught by supporters of each. That way the students receive a legitimate perspective instead of a skewed one they may receive from a teacher that does not support it. Ideally, teachers should all teach from an unbiased standpoint, but we all know that only happens about 1% of the time. Unfortunately, due to these presumed principles, it will never happen.
Although neither Evolution nor Creationism can be considered scientific facts, they should both be taught in science class rooms. When it comes down to it, it really wouldn't be fair to our youth if we taught one without the other. A recent statistic shows that only 5% of Americans go to Church. The number of religious people in America is dwindling, religious ideas are being forced out of our lives, pretty soon the youth of America will have little to no exposure to such ideas. They will be growing up without the choice to choose.

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