# Should Creationism be taught in Schools?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 19, 2000, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-creationism-be-taught-in-schools/22866 "2000-06-19T16:24:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-creationism-be-taught-in-schools/22866/101 "2000-06-26T13:40:37Z")

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Er…that would be “contrary cuss”. I’m not sure what “contraty” might be, but I’m not taking any chances :D.

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**Author:** ![hardcore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@hardcore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardcore)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-creationism-be-taught-in-schools/22866/102 "2000-06-26T17:48:22Z")

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**andros,**

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> That’s beautiful. One of the best ways I’ve heard it put.

Thank you. 😃 Yet the undeniable tragedy lies in its relevance to so many.

**mblackwell,**

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> In World History (an elective) We learned about Darwinian Evolution, Hinduism theories of creation, Christian theories, and several other theories. All were taught in a secular manner. This is the only way history should be taught. It would be very narrow-minded to teach only one version of history.

Well I guess I’m confused. Why would you study evolution and religion in a history class? And shouldn’t you be taught only one version of history – the correct one? I realize certain elements of “spin” can be present when teaching history, but there should be very little dispute over the basic historical facts.

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**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-creationism-be-taught-in-schools/22866/103 "2000-06-27T04:56:00Z")

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We studied religion in History because it provides a lot of the motivation for many historical events. You need to understand a civilization’s religion to understand the behavior of the citizens. It was approached in a secular manner. Most historical “facts”,especially about pre-writing societies, are just educated guesses.

Evolution was taught because many people see it as a part of the history of the world.

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