This article is about the conflicts Charles Darwin’s ideas present to the American people. The interesting aspect about this article is that the writer strives to inform people of Darwin’s religious beliefs. While his book sparked religious controversy, the writer of this article uses direct quotes to show that Darwin was not an atheist. On the contrary, he speaks of how the origins of species can go along with Creationism: the species change and adapt over time, but they were originally formed by a Creator. The writer of the article then continues on to speak of how Creationism sparked out of the debate over Darwinism, and how those beginnings have affected people throughout history up until the current time.
Dixon, Thomas. "America's Difficulty with Darwin." History Today 59.2 (2009): 22-28. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. 21 Oct. 2009.
The second article I read is about the problems Creationism causes for new age science. The writer argues that Creationism gets in the way of science education and that with many people arguing for Intelligent Design Creationism (IDC), science cannot be correctly taught as science. He believes that IDC is “an antiscientific world view.” With this argument, he attacks Creationism by attempting to prove that while Creationists are trying to get their view taught in schools, it is pushing pure science out.
Moore, Randy. "The revival of Creationism in the United States." Journal of Biological Education 35.1 (2000): 17-17. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. 21 Oct. 2009.
The third article is about the comeback Creationism is making. He begins by explaining Creationism and its historical beginnings, and continues to explain when exactly Creationism lost popularity (Darwinism and the Scopes trial is included in this). To endorse his reasoning that Creationism will not go away, he points out all of things that have happened and happen currently in schools, i.e. biology teachers avoiding in-depth conversations about evolution so as not to spark controversy. He also uses the results of many polls about how many Americans believe in Creationism, what percentage of the Republican party believes in it, and the belief of science teachers that evolution is or is not central to biology.
I think your citings disappeared like my kept doing when I put it in the correct format. All three of your summaries are well-worded and I am actually interested in reading your argument. It's topics like these that everyone wonders about at some point. You appear to have good sources too.
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