2009-04-15, 10:06 AM
I am a person who firmly believes in God, though I hardly qualify as "religious."
Creationism appears to be an attempt to bring religion into classrooms. Evolution is a very well-accepted scientific process which explains the progress of life on Earth.
To say that evolution is "atheist" misses the point. A lot of scientists believe in God. I don't really get why religious people would have problems saying the process of evolution was created and put in motion by God. But in schools, that is not really the point. Public schools aren't supposed to be teaching religion because the country of America is not supposed to have a single religion. There's already a large controversy over whether the Pledge of Allegiance violates separation church and state, but creationism is a bit more than saying one country under God. Religious leaders can add to or modify the stuff taught in public schools, but our schools are not supposed to teach any single religious doctrine. Creationism is just that.
Creationism appears to be an attempt to bring religion into classrooms. Evolution is a very well-accepted scientific process which explains the progress of life on Earth.
To say that evolution is "atheist" misses the point. A lot of scientists believe in God. I don't really get why religious people would have problems saying the process of evolution was created and put in motion by God. But in schools, that is not really the point. Public schools aren't supposed to be teaching religion because the country of America is not supposed to have a single religion. There's already a large controversy over whether the Pledge of Allegiance violates separation church and state, but creationism is a bit more than saying one country under God. Religious leaders can add to or modify the stuff taught in public schools, but our schools are not supposed to teach any single religious doctrine. Creationism is just that.