Evolution In Public Schools Research Paper

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Imagine if you will, a time where belief in God was undoubtably the norm. Picture a science class in

an American public school where Creationism is being taught. Imagine the education system being

focused on bringing up righteous, morally competent children. Imagine being able to pray to our

awesome God before the start of a class. It's pretty hard to do isn't it? In the America we live in,

Christianity and it's teachings have been completely rejected in the public schools. Instead of teaching

that we are each created in the image of a Loving, Intelligent Designer and God. We are taught that we

have come to be by evolution, we come from apes. You heard right, today public schools teach

evolution as the cause of our existence.

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