Does the South really teach creationism in public schools? Best answer on the web

January 9, 2009 on 7:32 am | In mybachcars.com |
Does the South really teach creationism in public schools? Best answer on the web
  • I was reading this article and the 3rd paragraph down it states how the southern states teach creationism in their public schools. How could anyone believe that nonsense that has absolutely no backing except from some obsolete book?



    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070415/revi...


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  • It is kind of hard to believe, isn't it?


  • You betcha. Our kids still learn about God in school where I live. They still pray to Him. We still put up the nativity right out on the court house lawn, we still have "In God we Trust" right in plain sight inside and outside of the courthouse, and we still don't sell beer on Sunday here.

    We also make sure that our kids learn basic survival skills. Most of them can drive a car, plant a garden, and shoot by the time they are in second grade. I'm pretty sure our cutest little seventh grade cheer leader could probably put you in the hospital with one lick.

    Yep...Sweet Home, Alabama!!!!!!!!


  • Yes.



    I live in Atlanta, and Georgia is pushing for this to happen.



    This is what happens when you elect country bumpkins into the highest offices in the state. You also get blue laws that have existed since who-knows-when, and an education system that is racing for the bottom of the barrel.



    Atlanta wants to be a world class city, but until they shed their leaders with small-town mentalities, it won't happen.


  • There's a reason our science education is in such bad shape.


  • It is occurring. Look no further than here on Yahoo Answers.



    Once or twice a week, in the Biology section, we get a HS kid asking for help in *Biology* class (not debate class, not political science) with an assignment preparing for an evolution vs. Intelligent design "debate". Since when are science classrooms the place to learn rhetorical "debate" skills? And why *only* for evolution?



    This is *apalling* in a science classroom. These kids do not have the background to evaluate such bogus arguments as 'irreducible complexity' or bad misrepresentations of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. These kids don't have the mathematical background to evaluate statistics, chaotics, complexity, etc. The only possible outcome from these "debates" is to leave science students hoplessly CONFUSED ... and that is *precisely the goal* of the 'teach the controversy' strategy!



    Why do they do this? Because the creationists have been unsuccessful in the courts, and equally unsuccessful in the scientific community. Why? Because judges and scientists are (surprise, surprise) pretty smart, and can see flaws in creationist arguments a mile wide. So creationists have turned to arguing their case in front of malleable children. It is despicable and cowardly. If nothing else, if they can keep the kids confused in science class, then they can complete the job in Sunday school or church.



    And judging from the really awful level of questions we get in the Biology section of YA about evolution ("why are there still monkeys?" ... "why has evolution stopped?" ... "why don't we see monkeys giving birth to humans?") ... the creationists are succeeding in bringing up yet another generation utterly confused about even the basics of biology and what the theory of evolution actually says.



    And this is why the U.S. ranked 33rd out of 34th in understanding of evolution (beating out only Turkey) in a recent poll.



    As an American, is embarassing. And, it is chilling.


  • I grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. I was not taught creationism in the public schools I attended. Although, many people would like to see it taught right along science and there are others that wish it would replace science class altogether.


  • They tried to make it COMPULSORY, but were constantly defeated in the courts. Sad, eh?


  • It's still illegal to teach it down here, but you can't control every teacher, especially if the parents don't want them learning real science. They are stopped if someone finds out.


  • I hope not but did you really go to school?


  • I would love having creationism taught again alongside evolution. I am trying to understand why some are so against accepting creationism. Is it because it is said that God created this earth? To think that all started from nothing, which is impossible, by some bang or whatever makes no sense to me. Nobody was actually there writing it down. How does evolution has backing? It has probabilities, nothing more.


  • VW, the reason creationism should not be taught along side evolution, is because evolution is science, creationism is not. Creationism is religious philosophy and has no business being taught in a science class. Evolution has evidence to back it up. Creationism has no evidence. Pretty simple.



    Most people have no problem teaching it in an elective comparative religion class. I personally think the better place to teach it is in Civics where it could be taught as the failed religious/political scam that it is.


  • I have heard of a plan to offer creationism courses as electives chosen by the students. So, what if that is the route the student chooses to take? Be mindful as well that some of these same students may be the ones who will continue the fight for your cause to undermine the authority of God Almighty. Personally, I needed no such class to affirm my beliefs.


  • I went to school in the south and I never encountered creationism in the classroom. I don't know if there are any recent changes or recent pushes toward this, though.


  • no, at least not in Texas, are you Tom Hanks from Mars or something