Indiana Schools May Teach "Creationism"

Thursday, January 26, 2012

An Indiana State Senate panel approved a bill allowing creationism to be taught in public school science classes across the state. (IBJ) Why is this bad? Creationism is an idea DIRECTLY related to religion. If religion (this case Christianity) did not exist there would be no need for Creationism fallacies.

Creationism is the belief that a deity created humans and all things in the universe. While this is a debate in its own right, it should not be welcome in science classrooms. Science is based off fact and reason, not faith and religion.

Religious figures argue that Creationism should be taught along side the theory of Evolution. Evolution is not tied in any way to any religion. If we live in a country that has a true "seperation of Church and State" there should be no debate on whether or not to include Creationism in a science class.

Update 1/27/12

The Creationism Bill is getting shot down for being unconsitutional (IBJ), the politicans had to have known that this would happen and that the only thing they were doing was wasting tax payer money.