In God we trust. (Or at least we used to)

I know I lose track of my blog very easily, but I’m fairly certain that this week is a blog about my opinion on a topic I’ve read about..? Maybe???

Well anyway a topic that brought itself to my attention recently was an argument about not teaching evolution in high school, at least not in a required class. Naturally this person felt that they would rather learn about creationism, or not spend their time in a class discussing any of this altogether. So, as I was pondering what on Earth I would write about tonight, the first topic that caught my eye on the ICC digital library, was Creationism in big bold letters. It seemed almost magical.
I myself went through the same thought process in high school, especially in biology. I remember doing really well the first semester of biology, learning about all the animal kingdoms and bacteria and heredity and stuff, I really enjoyed that class (and I think Tyler and I know Steven were there with me). But then in second semester, not only did I get stuck with a teacher who “doesn’t know how to teach” as any high school student would say, but also got stuck learning the theory of evolution from this woman. That was far from enjoyable, and probably one of the reasons I felt that learning about evolution was such a waste. But nevertheless, I would still align myself with those of the opinion that evolution should not be taught in school. Not that I believe it shouldn’t be taught entirely, its probably right about most of what its saying, but I find it hard to believe I’m related to a monkey. I just don’t see the resemblance. It’s like comparing Macs to PC’s. Yeah they kinda look alike, but really????
Inversely, the argument to this that pro-evolution advocates have brought up is that creationism should be taught in a religion class, not a science class. But what high school you know of has a religion class? The closest thing I have ever gotten to taking a religion class in high school was the week of discussing ancient religions in world history, and that was far from enlightening. (Eric was there he can vouch for me)
This also reminds me of another discussion I had once, in a Sunday school class I believe, and the speaker that week brought up a very thought provoking point. We were discussing the old monasteries and the origins of the Christian church, and how most universities were founded by the church, most philosophers were Christians, and it was they who advanced science. Why then has science turned its back on that which propelled it further? Science and religion were two peas of the same pod, the why, and the how. Or rather the how and the other how. “Whatever it is, however it works, God ordained it to be this way.” “I’m alive because my heart is pumping blood through a very intricate series of veins throughout my body in conjunction with my lungs and signals from my brain, and you’re telling me this was all by chance?” “
We have a separation of church and state, but not of science and state. If you aren’t allowed to teach Creationism, you should not be allowed to teach the theory of evolution. And I agree that Creationism does not fit in a science class, it should be a class all on its own. So maybe we should reach halfway, and allow public schools to have an alternative religion class which could discuss this? I know that this will never happen because there are so many different religions in America, but it just doesn’t feel right that a country founded on the Christian ideals should turn so far from them without even the option of studying this through our schools.

PS this is a lot longer than my average blog, yet it took half as long to write