Creationism should be taught at least as much as other theories are being taught. The thing is, a lot of concepts in science are taught as if they are facts. However, concepts like the Big Bang are not proven, and therefore illogical to assume to be true. In order to assume that something is true it must be proven true, either that or it must be proven that the opposite is false. For example, there's a rumor going around that little Timmy is allergic to peanuts because it got an allergic reaction a little while after he ate a peanut. You can't assume that he is allergic to peanuts because that event alone isn't proof. A good way to do this is to prove that the idea that he's NOT allergic is false. Of course, this wouldn't be very nice to do in real life, but if you were to perform an experiment in which you try to prove that he's not allergic by feeding him peanuts and expecting no reaction, when the reaction occurs every time you would be able to logically assume that Timmy is allergic to peanuts.
As of right now, no theories about the creation of the universe have been proven to be true and therefore shouldn't be taught as if they are true. This does not mean that the IDEAS shouldn't be taught. I believe creationism should be taught, because it's hypocritical to teach other theories and not creationism. Sure, some may find it to be offensive, but others will find it offensive that anti-religious theories are being taught, so you really can't teach one without the other without offending someone.
On the topic of assumptions and logic, there is a reason why people do believe that God created the universe without any proof. That reason is of course faith. Faith is a very powerful thing that surpasses logic. I myself have faith that God created the universe, even if I have no proof, and others who do not agree will of course find my reasoning illogical because they don't share this faith with me. An example of this: let's say you have a friend. This friend tells you that they are not interested in your sister. You have faith in this friend and you believe them. Then someone gives you "proof" that they are indeed interested in your sister. You still have faith in them though, so you believe your friend anyway. This is because, like I said, anything is possible. You have faith that there is some sort of hole in this proof, and choose to believe your friend. This is why we can't technically logically assume anything as big as the creation of the universe without faith. Even if there was proof supporting the Big Bang, it's still possible that there's some sort of crazy thing going on that makes it APPEAR to be the only part of the story, however there is actually more to it that we do not understand. Again with an example: We have just "proven" that Timmy is allergic to peanuts because he keeps having a reaction. It's logical to assume that yes, when he eats peanuts he will have a reaction. However, what we do not see is that there are tiny organism in his body that have a severe distaste for peanuts, so they inject poisons into Timmy to get him to stop eating them, making it appear that he is having a reaction when really there's little aliens hurting him. So yeah, we can only see one part of this story, but really there is another level to it that we don't understand. That is why, even if the Big Bang were proven to be true, it's still possible for God to have caused it and for creationism to be true, even though it looks impossible. Of course this leads to creative thinking, which scientists tend to have distaste for, even though they can't logically disprove it and therefore can't logically assume that it's not true.
SO, yes, creationism should be taught alongside other theories, because anything could be logically true. The problem is, we live in a liberal environment in which the majority believe that speaking about religion is hindering learning, even though that's entirely unfounded. Creationism should be taught at least as much as other theories are being taught. The thing is, a lot of concepts in science are taught as if they are facts. However, concepts like the Big Bang are not proven, and therefore illogical to assume to be true. In order to assume that something is true it must be proven true, either that or it must be proven that the opposite is false. For example, there's a rumor going around that little Timmy is allergic to peanuts because it got an allergic reaction a little while after he ate a peanut. You can't assume that he is allergic to peanuts because that event alone isn't proof. A good way to do this is to prove that the idea that he's NOT allergic is false. Of course, this wouldn't be very nice to do in real life, but if you were to perform an experiment in which you try to prove that he's not allergic by feeding him peanuts and expecting no reaction, when the reaction occurs every time you would be able to logically assume that Timmy is allergic to peanuts.
As of right now, no theories about the creation of the universe have been proven to be true and therefore shouldn't be taught as if they are true. This does not mean that the IDEAS shouldn't be taught. I believe creationism should be taught, because it's hypocritical to teach other theories and not creationism. Sure, some may find it to be offensive, but others will find it offensive that anti-religious theories are being taught, so you really can't teach one without the other without offending someone.
On the topic of assumptions and logic, there is a reason why people do believe that God created the universe without any proof. That reason is of course faith. Faith is a very powerful thing that surpasses logic. I myself have faith that God created the universe, even if I have no proof, and others who do not agree will of course find my reasoning illogical because they don't share this faith with me. An example of this: let's say you have a friend. This friend tells you that they are not interested in your sister. You have faith in this friend and you believe them. Then someone gives you "proof" that they are indeed interested in your sister. You still have faith in them though, so you believe your friend anyway. This is because, like I said, anything is possible. You have faith that there is some sort of hole in this proof, and choose to believe your friend. This is why we can't technically logically assume anything as big as the creation of the universe without faith. Even if there was proof supporting the Big Bang, it's still possible that there's some sort of crazy thing going on that makes it APPEAR to be the only part of the story, however there is actually more to it that we do not understand. Again with an example: We have just "proven" that Timmy is allergic to peanuts because he keeps having a reaction. It's logical to assume that yes, when he eats peanuts he will have a reaction. However, what we do not see is that there are tiny organism in his body that have a severe distaste for peanuts, so they inject poisons into Timmy to get him to stop eating them, making it appear that he is having a reaction when really there's little aliens hurting him. So yeah, we can only see one part of this story, but really there is another level to it that we don't understand. That is why, even if the Big Bang were proven to be true, it's still possible for God to have caused it and for creationism to be true, even though it looks impossible. Of course this leads to creative thinking, which scientists tend to have distaste for, even though they can't logically disprove it and therefore can't logically assume that it's not true.
SO, yes, creationism should be taught alongside other theories, because anything could be logically true. The problem is, we live in a liberal environment in which the majority believe that speaking about religion is hindering learning, even though that's entirely unfounded.
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