Should Creationism be taught in Public School?, page 1
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reply posted on 1-3-2010 @ 06:45 PM by _BoneZ_
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1.) Yes.

2.) I was taught it in school, so why not every school? But in my case, the school I went to taught all aspects including creation, evolution and the different religions. There's no reason why someone can't be given all sides of an argument and let them decide for themselves which side they want to be on.

To teach just one or just the other is dangerous and amounts to programming or brainwashing someone when not all the facts from all the sides are presented.


reply posted on 1-3-2010 @ 06:53 PM by Sigismundus
Creation Myths of ALL religions I believe should be taught in US schools say beyond the 9th grade (when students at least in the US are old enough to handle 'new' information which they parents might not be able to) provided that the Hindu Creation Myths (especially Purusha and Virj) are taught alongside the Amerindian Creation Myths (e.g. the Doctrine of the Great Spirit and the Earth Maker), alongside the Mayan Popul Vuh Creator Mytns and the Twins Myth, alonside the various Greek Myths of Creation (especially The Overthrow of Cronus by Zeus and the Fall of The Titans, and the Creation of Mankind by Prometheus &tc.), and the main Egyptian Myths of Creation (of course the Ptah Myth might have to be altered a little for the kiddies since it involves 'divine masturbation' ) alongside the 1st Creation Myth of the Jews (Gen 1:1 to Gen 2:4a, continues at Gen 5:1-2, where Male & Female Created He Them in His Own Image And He called THEIR Name Adam, i.e. males-females are created TOGETHER, a no nonsense about ribs and talking snakes, &tc.) alongside the Sumero-Akkadian Myths of Creation (e.g. the Enuma Elish), alongside the Babylonian Myths of Creation of the Cosmos by Marduk overcoming Tiamat, alongside the Chinese Myths of Creation (e.g. Di Jun and his Chldlren), alongside various Shinto Japanese myths of Creation, alongside the Australian Aboriginal Myths of Creation (The 'Ancestors ' & 'Dream Time'), alongside the 2nd Creation Myth of the Jews (Gen 2:4b to 4:26, the so-called Adam and Eve Story where Eve is 'formed' from the 'side' of Adam) alongside the Germano-Norse Myths of Creation, alongside the Eskimo Myths of Creation (e.g. Sedna & the Giants), alongside the South African Myths of Creation, alongside the Central African Congo Myths of Creation (especially Nzambi and his Illness), alongside the Vodoo and Hoodoo Myths of Creation alongside the Siberian Myths of Creation alongside the Aztec Myths of Creation (Especially Quzatocoatl and his war against the dark chaos god Tezkatlipoca) alongside the Druid Myths of Creation and the later Roman Myths of Creation adapted from the Greek as expressed in Ovid's Metamorophoses of the gods) as well as more than 100 other major Creation Myths in the world, both ancient and modern.

But of course, any CREATIONISM that is to be taught in US schools must involve COMPARATIVE RELIGION STUDIES, so I would probably vote for this to be taught no earlier than the 10th grade (e.g. in 5th form in the UK) since children under that age are generally not allowed to compare and contrast their own religion with the traditions of much older civilisations.

It would be toooo much of a shock to their little systems.


reply posted on 1-3-2010 @ 07:00 PM by Geolion1
Originally posted by _BoneZ_
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post by Geolion1



1.) Yes.

2.) I was taught it in school, so why not every school? But in my case, the school I went to taught all aspects including creation, evolution and the different religions. There's no reason why someone can't be given all sides of an argument and let them decide for themselves which side they want to be on.

To teach just one or just the other is dangerous and amounts to programming or brainwashing someone when not all the facts from all the sides are presented.


I agree with you that people should be taught every viewpoint and let them make the choices, the problem is that Creationism isn't a fact, which in science everything that is taught is a fact.


reply posted on 1-3-2010 @ 07:11 PM by SmokeJaguar67
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I think creationism could and should be taught in schools but taught not in the science rooms where evolution is taught but in the religious studies departments because creationism to me has no basis in fact or reality.

I do not mean to offend those of a religious grounding in saying that as I respect anothers choice as long as it is not jammed down my throat with a barge pole - mother?

However I believe the same can be said of all other religions being taught too and just because I am not religious does not mean that the concepts of creationism cannot be taught in schools – just as long as all the other major religions and religion based creationism theories get a fair crack of the whip also.




[edit on 1-3-2010 by SmokeJaguar67]


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