What creational theory should be taught?

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What creational theory should be taught?

Creational theories have been argued and debated for hundreds of years. Many people believe that the universe as created by a God. They claim that God created the earth and every living thing in it. Others support Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Darwin theory states that organisms have evolved over a large period of time. There is evidence to support both beliefs. In schools evidence of both Darwin's Theory and the Creational Theory should be presented to students together, and equally, in order for and educated decision to be reached.

Both the Creational and Darwin's theory have merit. There is extensive evidence to support Darwin's theory. In the last two hundred years many skeletons that link past and present species together have been found. These fossils suggest ways that a new species evolved from the previous. Darwin's theory does not explain how life on earth came to be it simply states that organisms evolve. The is however, other scientific evidence showing that a plethora of one-celled life forms suddenly exploded on the earth roughly 4 billion years ago. The only viable explanation of this is the Creation Theory.
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The Creation Theory is based on Genesis, the first book of the bible. The bible says that God created the earth and everything in it over a period of seven days. All of God's creations are reasonable and are built on one another. However, many of God's actions in the story are not scientifically possible. The story requires faith in an event that cannot be explained. Many people are drawn to believe in the Creation theory because the want to have faith in something. Humans naturally want to believe in a higher power. And are comforted to know ...

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