Creationism vs Intelligent design

Creationism vs Intelligent design

Evolution and Creationism


The most important topic in science today is the debate between evolution and creationism and how it should be taught in schools.   When two children go to school, one in a Connecticut public school, one in a private school in Kansas, they will both learn that 1+1=2 and “I” comes before “e” except after “c”. But the child in Connecticut will be told we are decedents of primates, which we have evolved from over millions of years, while the child in Kansas will be told we were created by a supreme being at the beginning of time. Children are the world’s future, they are the ones who will be able to cure cancer, solve world hunger, and find world peace. They should not be stuck arguing on what they were taught in school about where they came from. So which one is right and which is one wrong? Which one should be the one every student in school is taught about?   Should the other be completely discarded?
Evolution is defined as the descent of living things from ancestors from which they differ. (Scott, p27) Or in other words evolution is the process of change in the inherited traits of living things from one generation to the next. This is the scientific approach to how we came into existence. The history of the theory of evolution helps to show students how research and experiments can open up so many doors to better understanding ourselves.   Students can take that example and learn from it, hopefully to develop their own experiments and learn all new things in the world of science. Many years of research and work have gone into developing this theory. Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel are great scientists and fought hard to get approval for their work. Now in the 21st century when our technology is supporting their theories we should honor them and keep teaching their theories to the children of today and scientist of the future.
Creationism is the religious belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were...