No creationism in the classroom

The origin of the first life on earth is really not known by anyone at this time by scientists or theologists. While there is substantial evidence that the evolution of almost all life forms on earth, how the first life forms came to occur is not known at this time and may never be known.

The random chemical theory of the origin of life proposed by some is faulty since the complexity of even the first life forms relies on very specific organic compounds which could not have been produced by chance interactions of basic molecules and have such complex metabolic pathways that chance chemical origins would have to be ruled out. Some living things such as crocodiles, ginko trees and horseshoe crabs have no fossil evidence of evolutionary change.

However, most living things today have a fossil record of an evolutionary history. For example, there is an almost complete evolutionary fossil history of the modern horse. There are many versions of creationism from Hindu to Christian, none of them scientific, but based on faith.

It appears that some kind of design is involved in the origin of life, due to its complexity, but what the origin of that design is is not known at this time. Creationism should not be taught in the science class since it is speculative, but the design theory of life’s origins should be since there is some evidence for that. I am a secular humanist and a former high school physics teacher.

Stewart E Brekke

Downers Grove