Creationism is a growing view on the world around us that has captivated millions of Americans looking for a reason for the complexity of earth. Creationists main ideals are that humanity, life, the earth, and even the universe were created by a deity. They take the Genesis section of the Bible literally, believing that everything that is a part of our reality was created by God within the last six to ten thousand years. They completely disregard any type of biological processes that scientists have mastered in the past couple of decades, calling such ideas as evolution and species relation as a complete fabrication against the word of God.
When I look at ideas like this; ideas that completely deny human progress and circumvent history as a warped creation from a celestial being, I get a terrible pain in the depths of my stomach. After doing hours of arduous research, it has become very apparent to me that creationism is inversely correlated with education. According to a 2001 study performed by Dr. George Murphy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In America Alliance for Faith, Science, and Technology, "Of those with postgraduate degrees, 75% accept evolution." Murphy also stated that, "By one count there are some 700 scientists with respectable academic credentials (out of a total of 480,000 U.S. earth and life scientists) who give credence to creation-science, the general theory that complex life forms did not evolve but appeared 'abruptly'." This is a perfect statistic for my argument. Considering that being a scientist requires an extremely high level of intelligence,I am glad to see that the educated are in line with my disagreement in creationism.
Quite possibly the most ludicrous belief of creationists is that dinosaurs did exist, but became extinct within the last four thousand years. they believe that fossils do exist, but to use a form of radioactive dating (also known as carbon dating)takes an objective approach to history, and discounts what the Genesis tells us about the history of the earth. Without any scientific evidence, they believe that humans interacted with dinosaurs, and in some cases rode their backs like a little horsee. Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit. I do not know about the average reader,but such a ridiculous notion is about as ignorant as it gets in the eyes of a believer in logic and reason. Creationists tell us that we ACTUALLY rode on the backs of dinosaurs. That is about as likely as two bolts of lightning hitting the same person in a two day time span. Creationism is wrong, and quite frankly a disgusting way to raise your kids. Out of the 8 million american children under the age of 18 that are home-schooled, 2/3 of these kids grew up in a creationist home. No wonder that americans know little about these kids who are destined to live a life of strict religious adherence. What an utter shame.
Murphy, George L., 2002, "Intelligent Design as a Theological Problem," in Covalence: the Bulletin of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Alliance for Faith, Science, and Technology
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