Essay On Creationism Should Not Be Taught In Public Schools

Religion and its clash with modern science is nothing new, from Galileo to Darwin. One of the latest controversies originates in 1831 when Charles Darwin began his five-year voyage around the world and slowly made the discovery of natural selection. Which eventually led to the theory of evolution. Evolution directly contradicted the theory of creationism that the Bible had laid down centuries before. This debate is still ongoing, particularly in the United States. The modern debate is over the possibility of creationism being taught in public schools as an alternative/or alongside evolution. Instead of using the Bible solely for spiritual purposes, many of those who follow it believe that it should be honored as a legitimate science. However, since creationism is unable to be scientifically tested and undergo the same extensive fire that evolution has for centuries, it should not be taught as a science course in public schools. The Bible has been said to date back as far as 3000 BC and …show more content…
Freedom of religion is something that the United States, when first formed, made sure was a right that was granted to all citizens. The freedom of religion also means the freedom to not believe in a religion. Those who try to sneak intelligent design into the public science classroom go against the “Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution” (Ravitch). This law dates back to the court case of Edwards v. Aguillard that banned “teaching of religious theories that are not falsifiable as science” (Ravitch). Disguising religion in the form of intelligent design, a new “scientific theory”, is an attempt to make legitimate science look like a laughing stock. There are two main focuses of this so called science and neither of those are focused on finding a way for this religious belief to be proven a legitimate