Title: Why It Is Unfair to Teach Creationism in Public Schools
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Why It Is Unfair to Teach Creationism in Public Schools
Posted on Feb 28, 2011
In the United States, many fundamentalist Christians support teaching creationism side-by-side with evolution in public schools in order to provide a balance of perspectives. After all, they claim, it is only fair. The problem with this argument is that it is actually not fair to balance evolution with creationism in science curricula, because creationism is not subject to scientific enquiry. It is a matter of faith. Besides, some religions teach creation stories different from the Christian one, and it is unfair to teach Christian creationism but not, for example, Hindu creationism. A similar argument was made in a recent editorial in Hilltop Views, a student newspaper published by the School of Humanities at St. Edward's University, in Austin, Texas. In that article, the author, Bailee Perkins, gives at least two major reasons why it is unfair to teach creationism alongside evolution: first, creationism cannot be tested scientifically, because the concept on which it rests God itself cannot be tested scientifically; second, if Christian values and principles should be taught, so should the values and principles of Islam, Jainism, paganism, and other religions, but this may prove daunting and unrealistic. With these points in mind, let us pretend we are conversing with a creationist who avidly supports the teaching of creationism in public schools.