In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. At least that's what they say. Then this mystical being, this Intelligent Designer, continued. He created the sun and the moon, the sea and the land, and all the beasts on the planet. Then he concluded with the man. All this creation in 6 short days. Everything we know, everything we are, would be derived from this short period of mass conception. However, this information is quite contradictory with what modern science tells us. And that in itself is the essence of the national debate. Should creationism, or as it is sometimes called, intelligent design, be taught in public schools? The answer, of course, is no. 23% of high school students surveyed said no, they don't believe in creationism and yet they go to church every week. This is compared to the 20% of people who attend weekly and believe in creationism. This means that creationist beliefs and ideals are less common among religious people than the theory of evolution. A total of 36% of high school students said they believed in creationism, and of those, only 23% said they would like to learn about it in schools. This means that 64% do not believe in it and 77% of students want to be taught only about evolution. So science, real science, supported by evidence and testing, is more popular than belief in creation. So why, if more people believe what is already taught, would school districts introduce a theory without evidence, that few people believe and the majority of students don't want to know? That would be incredibly stupid; a real blunder for the already poor American education system. Kenneth Miller, chief biologist at Brown University, was also consulted on his opinion on the central point of the paper......which remains on evolution, as it is truly science and can be illustrated with relative ease. If this continues to happen, then future generations of this country will be much more knowledgeable about the world around them, which is the goal of public education. Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, April 29, 2014. Web. April 29, 2014. Edwords, Fred. “Educational problems”. Why creationism should not be taught as science. NP, 1980. Web. May 1, 2014. Goodstein, Laurie. “By issuing reprimands, judge rejects the teaching of intelligent design.” The New York Times. The New York Times, December 20, 2005. Web. April 30, 2014. Morris, John D., PhD. “Should public schools teach creation? Institution for Creative Research Np, 1991. Web. May 1, 2014 "Teaching evolution/creationism in public schools." PFAW. NP, 1999. Web. April 30. 2014.