Blog 24

        With time, there comes change and progression. Life was different in the early 1900's than it is today in the 21st century. One major change is whether evolution or creationism is allowed to be taught in schools or not. Today, it is illegal to teach creationism in public schools because it may offend people of different religions. Coming from a Catholic school and being quite religious, I do believe in creationism over evolution but I do not think it is appropriate to be taught in public schools. There is really no "happy medium" when dealing with this topic, but evolutionism is considered less offensive, hence the reason why it is taught in public schools today. People may argue that both theories should be taught, but with hundreds of different religions, which ones would we choose to teach? Obviously, they can't ALL be taught. Should only the "important" ones be taught then? How would we distinguish which religion is the true form of creation? I believe evolution is taught because it's much easier to explain through science. I don't believe everything can be explained through science however, but it's pretty much impossible to teach the unexplainable which creationism follows. In the 1900's, it was illegal to teach anything other than creationism. The biology teacher, John Scopes, was put on trial for teaching evolution to children in school. This is ironic because we have completely reversed this rule now so creationism is illegal to teach and evolution must be taught. If the people do not agree with which theory is taught, then they have the right to attend a public or private school where they have the choice of learning the theory they believe in.