Teaching God In The Public Schools

Teaching God in the Public Schools By Anthony J. Fejfar, B.A., J.D., Esq., Coif © Copyright 2009 by Anthony J. Fejfar The First Amendment to the United States Constitution states that there can be no Established Religion in the United States. On the other hand, the Declaration of Independence clearly refers to God, and does the motto “In God We Trust” on the One Dollar Bill. What can we make of this? I argue that in the Public Schools Philosophy of God can be taught which proves that God exists, without going into any specific religious doctrine. The traditional argument made against talking about God in public education is that such conversation violates Ockham’ Razor. However, I have proved that Ockham’s Razor is an irrational principle because the Razor is itself a metaphysical principle. Additionally, while assuming the validity of the Razor for purposes of argument, I have still been able to prove God’s Existence as the First Cause, Uncaused Cause without violating the Razor. Additionally, the scientific basis for the Public Schools should be Logical Positivism which limits arguments to “Rigorous Logical Inferences based upon Sense Experience. However, I have been able to prove God’s Existence as the First Cause, Uncaused Cause using Logical Positivism, as defined above. Therefore, Logical Positivism, and the Proof for God’s Existence as the First Cause, Uncaused Cause should be taught in Public School Science classes.