What should I think?

We are finally in high school , we know we are going to learn about evolution in biology class, but did anyone ever tell us we would also be analyzing Genesis also? No. It's great to increase your intelligence so you can make up your own mind and have your own thoughts. It is also hard because you don't want to believe in what you were not taught growing up. I remember when I was in sixth grade learning about evolution and talking to my mom about it because I was confused because it contradicted what I was taught. Recently we have been studying evolution in Biology and we just started analyzing Genesis in English class.

In Biology we learned about the introduction to evolution. We are not encouraged or discouraged to believe in it. Our teacher just wants us to know all of the evidence behind them so that we can make an educated choice. I personally think that some of evolution makes sense but when I think about it more I just come up with a lot of questions and then it doesn't make that much sense anymore. I think that some parts of it are true. I understand it and will learn it but I don't think that I fully believe in it. There is a lot of evidence to prove evolution but it comes down to your own educated thoughts and you have to choose what you will believe in.

Now we can discuss the Creation story. In English we recently began to analyze the myths in Genesis. I believe in the Creation story. I was raised to believe in it and I find no problem with it. I enjoy analyzing this in class because we are analyzing the VERY beginning of our time. It is interesting to hear what we infer from reading a passage. It is very cool to find the very details of the story or even come up with an inference that your teacher had not thought of. We have only begun to analyze the stories in Genesis so I hope to learn more and gain a stronger grasp of the Creation story.

Now that we have discussed both evolution and the Creation Story, maybe you will realize how hard it is to be a kid and have to make this decision on your own. Hammond is a great school and they prepare us to be able to make our own decisions even when we are young. It is great that we can be taught both of the stories. I believe in the Creation story. Maybe this has inspired you to go and do some research of your own and find out what you believe in.