The Great Debate: Should Creation Be Taught in School?
             Evolution versus creation has been a debate lasting
             decades upon decades in the United States and around the
             world. The mock trial held during class, however, was not
             to prove one view as right and the other wrong. Rather,
             the focus of the trial, from the view of the prosecution,
             was simply to prove that creation should not be taught as a
             The prosecution and the defense were each allowed
             four witnesses. A fifth grade science teacher, a preacher,
             a world religions professor, and Dawkins were called to the
             stand by the prosecution. My part in the trial was that of
             the preacher. Our argument was simple; the preacher believed
             creation to be true, of course, but did not see how creation
             could be taught as a science. Instead, the view of creation
             should be a part of a religion or philosophy class.
             According to the scientific method, a true
             scientific hypothesis or theory about anything must be able
             to be proven false. "There is a very important
             characteristic of a scientific theory or hypothesis, which
             differentiates it from, for example, an act of faith: it
             must be 'falsifiable'. This means that there must be some
             experiment or possible discovery that could prove the
             theory untrue" (Wudka 2). If there is no way to disprove
             something, it can not be classified as a science. In
             addition, a true science must be reproducible. According to
             Behe, origin of life scientists have created life using the
             same conditions that would have existed on the early earth.
             It is impossible, however, to duplicate creation.
             In addition to the argument of testability, creation
             should not be taught as a science because it goes against the
             rulings of the federal government. In 1987, in a case known
             as Edwards versus Aguillard, the U.S. Supreme Court held
             unconstitutional Louisiana's 'Creationism Act.' The Cre...