Why Do Christians Want Creationism Taught In Public Schools?

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Are you saying that if creation is proven true that you will believe that God exists? By "proven" I mean to the same extent that gravity has been proven to your satisfaction.

Are you afraid of creation? Does it threaten the foundation of your beliefs? If so you would not be the first.
Is this why you do not want creationism taught in schools. ...

What a disingenuous reply to my post! My questions of you were derived from your own statements in a prior post. Your knee-jerk response avoided the questions asked of you.

As for the validity of Biblical creation stories, most of us that rely on evidence based on reason, logic and the scientific method are not swayed. If you are aware of any proof that goes beyond mythology, gut instinct and wishful thinking I would welcome it.

I am not afraid of Creation stories. They are educational, interesting and entertaining. They provide insights to the manner in which peoples explain the unknown, structure their societies, and control their members. They provide a heritage to unite as well as divide people.

Creation stories do not threaten my beliefs. I am an atheist, and as you should know that means I am without belief in a supernatural god figure and all of its accompaniments. As for my beliefs on how the world works, proof of a Creator would affect them. Just as scientists modify their theories as new discoveries are made, I would modify my view of the world. In fact that is an ongoing process for all of us. For example, as a young child I thought that I got my Christmas presents from Santa. As I've gotten older, and made new discoveries, I now know that I get them from the UPS man, and that they are not Xmas presents, they are Winter Solstice presents.

I have not said that I don't want Creationism taught in school. It can, and should, be taught in classes on comparative religion and philosophy for example. However, it should not be taught in science class. Creationism is not science.

 

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It is quite easy to verify gravity you get an object and drop it and measure its acceleration and it should be 9.8ms-1 or so neglecting air resistance, also the movement of planets relative to each other verifies gravity.

No. That only proves that when you drop something, it falls. It also only demonstrates that the movement of the planets are predictable.
WHAT is it that causes these things? Gravity? Ok, so is it newtonian gravity or curved space gravity? Or is it gravitons?
Here's the answer- nobody knows for a fact.
The theories of gravity have been upheld as the models that best explain the behaviors you are speaking of, but the theories of gravity do not prove what gravity actually is.
Perhaps its just God holding us all down on the earth and personally spinning the planets around the sun.
Of course, that's would just be stupid wouldnt it?

I would comment on your observations regarding the other theories, but the same principle holds to all of them.