Quote Originally Posted by Rockie Cantais View Post
I know and around and around we go.

The bottom line is this, none of know for sure what is out there now do we? We make these great assumptions and we can make some really great calculations but we still don't know. Why I say as long as some one has a reasonable theory have at it. That's right most are taught just one. BIG BANG! What if there was no big bang but a continuous cycle that the Universe goes through. Creationism? Why not we are just a tiny micro speck anyway in the universe. Intelligent design? again why not? O" that's right we humans are the finest evolved beings in the universe aren't we? Well, we are in our own Solar system and in our own minds.
You can't start teaching people things for which there is no evidence, not in a public school anyway. I have no problem with people teaching things like that in private schools. People can seek that out if they want.

Science is about evidence. There is plenty of evidence which supports the theory of the big bang. There is no evidence to support creationism. Literally, zero. I don't want to be force-fed 'theories' that can't be supported. If I want to learn about religion, I'll take a college philosophy class that covers it.

ID is nothing more than a movement attempting to push religion on people by pretending it's science, because the religious right no longer seems content with simply having faith.

And I just feel like I should point out that "Why not?" is not the question you should be asking when deciding what should be taught to students. "Why not?" is tantamount to drawing subjects out of a hat.