Intelligent Design Argument
Synthesis Essay
Since the 1930s, the Theory of Evolution has been the prominent science taught in public schools. Since then, Creationists have been fighting tooth-and-nail to have their opposing theory, Intelligent Design, taught alongside Evolution. Their main argument is that there should be an equal representation of people’s views. Since Creationists’ Intelligent Design theory is a “credible” theory of science held by 40% Americans according to a poll done by Gallup, they believe it should be taught alongside, or instead of, the Theory of Evolution in science classes. On the other hand, leading scientific minds and myself agree that it should not. Creationism is not based entirely on scientific facts and teaching it results in an exceeding number of potential troubling problems that are not worth dealing with, if the curriculum were changed.
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Constitution, the government cannot establish any one religion/church. By teaching Intelligent Design, schools would violate the separation of church and state seeing as how Intelligent Design stems from the Judeo-Christian religion and public schools are government run and funded. (Listverse) Nevertheless, Creationists continue to argue that they can separate their religious beliefs from their scientific theory. The problem that arises is that one could easily blur the line between teaching a world view, which is what Intelligent Design is in part, and teaching a Sunday School class. If this were to happen, it would go against the Constitutional separation of church and state. That being said, the immense difficulty of attempting to change the curriculum in order to integrate Creationism in a non-religious way, suggests that Creationism should not be taught in a public school science classes, but perhaps in a religion or philosophy class where it can be discussed without hindrance or
Since the 1930s, the Theory of Evolution has been the prominent science taught in public schools. Since then, Creationists have been fighting tooth-and-nail to have their opposing theory, Intelligent Design, taught alongside Evolution. Their main argument is that there should be an equal representation of people’s views. Since Creationists’ Intelligent Design theory is a “credible” theory of science held by 40% Americans according to a poll done by Gallup, they believe it should be taught alongside, or instead of, the Theory of Evolution in science classes. On the other hand, leading scientific minds and myself agree that it should not. Creationism is not based entirely on scientific facts and teaching it results in an exceeding number of potential troubling problems that are not worth dealing with, if the curriculum were changed.
An argument that Creationist make in favor of teaching …show more content…
Constitution, the government cannot establish any one religion/church. By teaching Intelligent Design, schools would violate the separation of church and state seeing as how Intelligent Design stems from the Judeo-Christian religion and public schools are government run and funded. (Listverse) Nevertheless, Creationists continue to argue that they can separate their religious beliefs from their scientific theory. The problem that arises is that one could easily blur the line between teaching a world view, which is what Intelligent Design is in part, and teaching a Sunday School class. If this were to happen, it would go against the Constitutional separation of church and state. That being said, the immense difficulty of attempting to change the curriculum in order to integrate Creationism in a non-religious way, suggests that Creationism should not be taught in a public school science classes, but perhaps in a religion or philosophy class where it can be discussed without hindrance or