Teaching evolution . . .

Teaching evolution . . .
Letter to the editor - Orlando Sentinel - 1/27/2008 - original
To answer Eric Reinhold's three questions raised in his Jan. 22 "My Word," "Evolution a Matter of Belief, Not Fact":

What are evolutionists so scared of? We are scared that teaching creationism as science might confuse people like Reinhold, who does not understand that a scientific theory is a theory reached from following the scientific method (where observations lead to hypotheses) and submitting ideas for peer review in scientific journals. Creationism, which starts with a hypothesis and searches for supporting observations, does not follow the scientific method and has not held up under scientific review. Creationism might be a theory, but evolution is a scientific theory.

Why are evolutionists so close-minded? We do not think that anything other than science should be taught in a science classroom. I call that being topical, not close-minded.

Why can't evolutionists study creationism? Just because, as Reinhold pointed out, creationism was taught in our schools for 175 years doesn't mean it is correct.

Must I remind him that people were once taught the world was flat and the sun revolved around the Earth?

Evolutionists don't study creationism because it belongs in religion classes, not science.

CHRISTY DYKSTRA
Clermont