Keep Creationism Out of Public Schools

Hello! This will be my first debate on this site, so here goes... I will begin by responding to your thoughts and then I will offer my opinion of this subject. Point 1: We should keep creationism out of public schools because creationism goes against science. You mentioned that creationism is against astronomy, biology and paleontology. This is not true. A person that believes in creation (lIke me) believes in creation instead of evolution. You see, evolution is just one scientific theory. Just because I don't think evolution is real doesn't mean that I disagree with biology and astronomy. For example, I am guessing that you don't believe in the bible. However, you might believe in some if the things that the bible talks about, I.E. Love your neighbor, etc... Just because you agree or disagree with a part of something doesn't mean that you agree or disagree with the entire thing. So, just because creation contradicts one scientific theory does not mean that it contradicts all of science. Point 2: We should keep creation out of public schools because it hinders our educational system. This point is similar to the last point. I agree that our educational system isn't up to par. However, this isn't creation's fault. Here is a link: http://blog.aarp.org.... This is a chart that shows our educational decline since 1970. The U.S. used to rank much higher than it does right now. These statistics actually help my side of the argument, if any. Way back when, creation was taught in our schools and the U.S. ranked high on the education charts. Now, creationism has been replaced by evolution and look at what has happened... I know this fact has little to do with the decline of U.S. education but I brought this up to prove your point wrong. Point 3: We should keep creationism out of public schools because there's no proof. We both stand agreed on this point. There simply isn't any "solid proof" for creationism. But, there is no "solid proof" for evolution. Each theory has evidence but there isn't any solid proof that evolution is in fact 100% real. No one was around when the earth came about so we will most likely never know the right theory. That being said, I could use this sentence as an argument for my side by swapping evolutionism for creationism: We should keep Evolutionism out of public schools because there is no proof. Now, either way, neither of those arguments are valid so they should just be ignored. (Side note: Let's not make the rest of this debate about Creationism vs. Evolutionism. Nobody was there so nobody has solid proof.) I have addressed my opponents points and refuted the main arguments. Now for my case. The issue here is that there's no easy way to approach this. If creationism is banned from public schools than that is unfair for christians. However, if evolution is banned than that would be unfair for non - christians. My opinion would be to stop teaching about the origin of life at public school. Again, nobody has solid proof for either of these theories so the schools shouldn't decide which one is right or wrong. That is the decision of the students. I would suggest that schools ask the students about which theory they agree with and then provide those students with reading material regarding the subjects. That way the students can learn about what they believe in and not be forced to study something they disagree with. Thank you and I look forward to your response!