From Ed Brayton, a link to a story about a parent questioning a local school board regarding the teaching of creationism. From the article, Parent wants intelligent design in PV,
A concerned parent questioned Pymatuning Valley Local School officials at Monday’s meeting, as to how they are teaching the science curriculum regarding the theory of creationism.
The parent, a Frank Piper, whose daughter is a PV Middle School fifth-grader, is concerned because the district is teaching the “big bang theory” of the creation of the universe and not presenting students with alternatives to Darwin’s theory of evolution. Creationism, which posits that life is too complex to be explained by evolution alone, and its place in public school curricula, has been a highly debated issue in Ohio and elsewhere for several years.
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Piper said his daughter is a straight A student and failed her test on the “big bang theory” because she didn’t understand it.
“We’re Christians,” he said. “I couldn’t even help her because I don’t understand it.”
It's very frustrating to encounter such ignorance, with regards to the "big bang theory". For instance, the theory of the big bang has nothing to do with Darwin's theory of evolution. One theory looks at the physics of the creation of the cosmos while the other posits how existing life forms diversified. To research the two theories requires varied approaches, essentially based on whether or not you are a physicist or a biologist. Yet, it's not surprising to read such comments when the Institute of Creation Research outputs articles attempting to lump the big bang in with the evolution of life. Consider this opening paragraph,
One main reason why most cosmologists accept the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe is that it fits so well into the theory of total evolution. It begins with nothing, then matter evolves out of that nothing with a horrendous bang, then stars and galaxies evolve more or less simultaneously with the higher elements, then planets evolve around their stars, then simple life evolves, then more and more complex life forms, and finally humans evolve.
It's a not-so-clever use of the wide definitions of the word "evolve". It's also completely wrong.
If Frank Piper really wants to "understand it", then he should consider the following resources, for a start.
Books:
The Creator and the Cosmos - Hugh Ross
Show Me God - Fred Heeren
Articles:
Facing Up to Big Bang Challenges RTB
Big Bang - The Bible Taught It First! RTB
Putting the Big Bang to the Test RTB
What was the Big Bang? Probe Ministries
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