Letter to the Editor
Evolution remains a theory; the Bible, creation is a proven fact

Editor’s Note: This letter is in response to the column “Evolution theory belongs in the classroom” from the March 8 edition of the Skiff.

By definition, biology is the study of life. Contrary to what some people might believe, biology is not the study of evolution. Evolution is a theory, a theory that has never been proven correct, but many parts of the theory have been proven false (no part of creation or the Bible has been proven false). It is a theory that is constantly being changed. A theory that does not even have a base (no one knows what caused “the Big Bang”). Evolution is based on faith just as much as creation is. Evolutionists have no scientific fact that “the Big Bang” happened, they just believe — have faith — that it did.

If one were to take time and read the Bible, one would find that the Bible is very scientific. In Isaiah 40:22, Isaiah calls the Earth a circle. Isaiah predated Columbus by about 2,200 years. In Job 38:8, God talks about the Mid-Atlantic rift. In Jude, verse 13, black holes are mentioned; Jude was written close to 2,000 years before Stephen Hawking. These are just a few of many examples.

Because of all these facts, there is no reason why creation, at the very least, should not be taught in school. Evolution might have a right to be in the science classroom, but it does not have a right to be the only thing taught in it. One more thought: I think it is rather hilarious that evolutionists get outraged over the thought that creation should be taught in school. It is kind of ironic because they always call creationists close-minded.

— Curtis Schulz
freshman biology major

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