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Have you had discussions about creation and evolution in your classroom? If so, how did those go? Is there anything you would do differently? If you have not had these discussions in your classroom, how do you think you would handle them?
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As a science teacher, my courses discuss evolution, intelligent design/theistic evolution, old earth, and young-earth creation. We discussed the need for some sort of faith in each of these theories. We also asked the questions that evolution could not answer such as the question of meaning.
As a math teacher, we have discussed evolution from a probability standpoint. On these occasions, I incorporated works by John Lennox to discuss the improbability of evolution.
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Anytime there is discussion about creation versus evolution I always point back to Genesis. If you believe that the Word of God is true then we need to base our belief on what God has told us about creation. Most times this discussion goes well, but once in a while I talk to folks who do not believe in Biblical authority and so we tend to have differing opinions.
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If evolution came up in my classroom, I would feel the need to say where it does align with a biblical understanding of creation but also highlight where evolution contradicts truths we find in scripture (which is our foundation).
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Yes, in homeschooling my children, I taught Creation at a very young age. As my children got older, the theory of evolution was taught as a theory. We discussed how this theory contradicted what the Bible tells us about God as our Creator, and the creation of the world and everything in it.
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It depends on the age of the students. I teach in a Christian school and we use the Bible to answer all important questions of life. I believe that confronting the students with the word of God and having meaningful conversations, listening to their questions, and giving well-supported answers based on the scriptures can help the new generations with this important matter.
