Creationism
is the belief that a supernatural being created Earth, there are numerous
subgroups of creationism with further beliefs. I will be referring to the
creationism that is being taught in the place of science that opposes the
Darwinian theory of evolution.
In
the words of Tim Minchin, ‘Faith is the denial of observation, so that belief
can be preserved.’ The whole concept of creationism is the denial of truth when evidence is staring them in the face and somehow they still find it a
truthful concept to believe in without a shadow of doubt. Just like
water flowing from a tap, evidence for evolution is abundant. I am no expert on
Darwin’s theory of evolution yet I could easily reel off lists of what presents
evidence supporting it: Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, fossil comparisons,
DNA genetic sequences, pseudogene,
peppered moth evolution, the list goes on…