Virginia public schools that do not already include intelligent design and creationism into their curriculum should be required to. There are many people in the scientific community that regard creationism and intelligent design as pseudoscience. They believe this because they claim there is a lack of scientific proof for both theories and an abundance for their own. However, Creationism and Intelligent Design both have evidences for their legitimacy. The Virginia Board of Education (VBOE) and National Center for Science Education (NCSE) want to see creationism and intelligent design kept out of the classrooms. However, their arguments against it do not line up with the facts and can be easily refuted. The NCSE and VBOE need to look more in-depth at the pros and cons of including intelligent design and creationism into the classrooms of public schools.
Genesis 1:1 says “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”(NIV) This is the foundation of creationism and intelligent design but it is dismissed by evolutionists because it is not considered scientific. Evolutionists claim that there can be no evidences found to support creationism and intelligent design and that their perspective has a multitude of solid proofs. Because of these claims and framing used by the media (Paxton 53), creationism and intelligent design is not taught as a …show more content…
Theistic science is seen as a threat because according to the evolutionists “creationists insist that their views are scientific” (Virginia 1) but to evolutionists they clearly are not. Evolution must remain unopposed, if no other view is taught then the ignorance of those learning it will lead them to accept evolution by
Genesis 1:1 says “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”(NIV) This is the foundation of creationism and intelligent design but it is dismissed by evolutionists because it is not considered scientific. Evolutionists claim that there can be no evidences found to support creationism and intelligent design and that their perspective has a multitude of solid proofs. Because of these claims and framing used by the media (Paxton 53), creationism and intelligent design is not taught as a …show more content…
Theistic science is seen as a threat because according to the evolutionists “creationists insist that their views are scientific” (Virginia 1) but to evolutionists they clearly are not. Evolution must remain unopposed, if no other view is taught then the ignorance of those learning it will lead them to accept evolution by