(May 24, 2011) — Why are we here? What’s our purpose? Were we just an accident that came forward from evolution? Or have we been created by a higher power? Each question would take us more than a lifetime to answer. These questions might not seem important to all, but I really do think about them every single day. At church, at home or in the middle of a park, one may feel spiritually connected to God. But in biology class, when we learn about the theory of Darwinism and so much evidence that points out the correct aspects of evolution, the theories of creationism seem less appealing. In a school environment, creationism should be taught. Until the late 19th century, creationism was taught in every public school in the United States. Later, the Butler Act of 1944 was passed, which banned teaching it in schools. Afterwards, when the act had been implemented, many protests were held in order to have creationism taught in school again. Unfortunately, until this day none of the protests has done anything but trigger insults by atheists, and those who don’t believe in creationism. The problem with this situation is that even though most might not agree with ideas of creationism, they should still allow themselves to be informed about it. To gain knowledge about a certain subject will never hurt anyone. The knowledge acquired from the religious classes will balance out the knowledge from the regular science classes. It will allow the students to think both scientifically, factually, but at the same time, give them the reasons from the Bible to think otherwise, and challenge the theories of evolution. Both creationism and evolution are considered theories. The Bible provides ideas for religious acceptance, while scientific research gives facts as to why reasoning things out is the better of the two theories. Those who do not learn about creationism, and religion in general, will not be exposed to the ideas expressed in the Bible. If one does not attain exposure to a book as important as the Bible, then those unexposed people will never reach their full potential.