Evolution Vs Ceationism

Evolution Vs Ceationism

The United States was founded on several basic principles one of which is the separation of church and state. For almost a century there have been several cases about how the creation of life was started and what should be taught in schools; the religious belief, creationism, or the scientific theory, evolution. It is clear that evolution not creationism, or the newly disguised version intelligent design, should be taught in public schools.
In an article by Kathiann Kawolski(2003) she writes that in the debate of evolution vs. creationism; creationists are twisting the work of evolutionary scientists to help explain their belief that God created everything. Kawolski (2003) discusses that ever since 1925 the courts have been in the middle of the debate, with each ruling taking more away from the creationists. Eventually creationists used biologist Stephen Gould’s work to support their claims. Kawolski (2003) says “Gould's work advanced the science of evolutionary biology. Now people were using it to attack the teaching of evolution in schools (¶ 7).” In retaliation Gould began testifying in court as an expert witness against the creationists. In 1987 the Supreme Court ruled that creationism is a religious belief, therefore it is unconstitutional to teach it in public schools. The most recent attempts by the creationists to advance their beliefs is the teaching of intelligent design; this states that life is so complex that it must have been designed by an intelligent being. God is not named as the “intelligent being” but he is assumed.
John Timmer (2006) discusses how Michael Behe’s, an advocate for intelligent design, arguments for the science of intelligent design do not make sense. Timmer (2006) says in Behe’s arguments for an intelligent designer; Behe is not afraid to make reference to God when the idea of intelligent design is to not specify the designer. Behe also claimed as his own, a theory of design which actually belonged to William...