Kansas: Mississippi For the 21st Century

[masdog]

Though quite absurd in regards to PI, I still am on the pro-creationism side of the debate of whether or not it should be in schools. Both the big-bang and intelligent design are theories, neither proven, neither disproven. Both require faith of some sort, and both require near impossible things to happen. Would it be a slippery slope to include other religions? Probably, but I think it's absurd to have one THEORY (not a factual piece of history) and not give the other options.

Wow...

First, there are several mistakes in your argument. The Big Bang and Evolution are two seperate theories. Supporters of creationism often lump both of these together under the name of Evolution, but they involve two separate areas of science (cosmology is part of physics and Evolution part of biology).

As Frank said in another post, Creationism and Intelligent Design are not theories. They don't even have any sembelence of science. The various forms of Creationism don't even pose a valid, testable question. If anything, they are the furthest things from science possible.

Most arguments in favor of Creationism don't even provide evidence of what they are trying to argue. Instead, they use junk science and bad logic to make an attempt at disproving science, leaving some form of Creationism as the only possibility.

Because of that, they have no place in a science class. If Creationism is to be taught in schools, it belongs in a Comparative Religions class.

Evolution isn't something that is to be taken entirely on faith. There is proof of evolution, and there are both repeatable experiments and observations of Evolution occuring. Yes, there are holes in the theory, BUT as time goes on, these holes are filled with new information.

Its like a puzzle. The pieces (evidence) are mostly there, we just have to find them and put them together. With the help of modern genetics and paleontology, the picture is really starting to come together.