Is that a theory or a belief I hear?
It's back....the seemlingly endless nattering from the fundament that Creationism should be- in one form or another- put into the school curriculum because it's "a theory" just like evolution. This whole issue is so wrong it does not deserve any of the attention it's getting. And the best demonstration of its dunderheaded character is right there in the assertion that "it's a theory'. Theory is not a synonymn for belief. A theory- by definition- is an assertion that something is the case which is then supported by demonstrable, replicable evidence. The theory of evolution is not just a belief- it has been supported since proposed by vast amounts of evidence. VAST AMOUNTS! A belief is an assertion that something is true which is not demonstrable by any replicable evidence. It is an assertion that I believe something to be true. For example, it may seem logical to me and therefore I believe it. I may want to believe it despite evidence to the contrary. Creationism, the idea that God, the Supreme Being, made everything in seven days just as the Old Testament asserts is a BELIEF that is not supported by any replicable evidence. The fact that there may be some evidence which apparently doesn't fit the theory of evolution does not support Creationism. The fact that there is no evidence doesn't mean Creationism isn't true. It may indeed be true. It's just not a theory. And it certainly doesn't fit classes which are about science and the scientific method. Classes whose purpose is to teach people how to propose and test theories. Classes whose purpose is to pass on information about the observable world which has been collected and tested by others. Creationism should be discussed in classes about beliefs.
However, the people who are constantly gabbling that they are being discriminated against because a 'godless theory' is being promoted in the schools without equal time for their belief don't understand what they are talking about! Or, perhaps they do and are doing it anyway! I'm not certain which is more frightening. Sadly, the Supreme Being gave us extraordinary tools to observe this world in which we find ourselves, to think about it and ponder it, to try to understand it, and to look in what we find for more insight into our relationship with the Divine. And many many scientists and theorists over the course of human history have done so. It is only those who process from the fundament that don't get that. God help us if they are listened to.
However, the people who are constantly gabbling that they are being discriminated against because a 'godless theory' is being promoted in the schools without equal time for their belief don't understand what they are talking about! Or, perhaps they do and are doing it anyway! I'm not certain which is more frightening. Sadly, the Supreme Being gave us extraordinary tools to observe this world in which we find ourselves, to think about it and ponder it, to try to understand it, and to look in what we find for more insight into our relationship with the Divine. And many many scientists and theorists over the course of human history have done so. It is only those who process from the fundament that don't get that. God help us if they are listened to.
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