Teaching creationism counteracts current academic process
Tuesday’s letter that mentioned evolution disturbed me. It is upsetting that so many people in this country are still not willing to accept that evolution exists.
It has been observed in successive populations of bacteria and fruit flies, there is evidence in genetics and the fossil record and thousands of papers and books backed by research have been written on the phenomenon.
The claim by the authors of the letter that creationism and evolution should be considered side by side is, in my opinion, a veiled suggestion that both of them should be taught in public schools.
This is a scary notion, as it calls for the teaching of something in a science class that is essentially anti-scientific. There is a reason Gallup Polls show that the more education people obtain, the more likely they are to accept evolution.
It is because evolution is science; it is the essential backbone and underlying explanation for all of biology. Not teaching it in school or even undermining it with religion is a detriment to society.
The authors of the letter used the term “logical fallacy” in their argument, where greater logical fallacy is attacking a scientifically backed theory for having insufficient evidence, when in fact the theory you are espousing is impossible to prove.
— Andrew Micciche, fourth-year biology student