In 2005, Tammy Kitzmiller, the parent of a Dover School District student in Pennsylvania, sued the district for attempting to teach Intelligent Design as a scientific theory of universal origins. Her argument was that it's basically just another name for Creationism, which was already banned from public schools. The court ruled in favor of Kitzmiller, determining that the theory could not really be separated from its religious roots. Thus, Intelligent Design is no longer allowed to be taught as a scientific theory of the origins of the universe.

For science teachers, especially Christians who truly believe in a creator, this is somewhat of a devastating ruling. My major in college is Physics and General Science Secondary Education. As a Bible-believing man, I certainly believe in a Creator of the universe. I would say, though, that I have an extremely non-traditional view of creationism. And one day, I would really like to be able to teach my students about the possibility that a creator may exist somewhere out there, simply so that they may decide for themselves what they believe about the universe.

In order to at least present the idea of an agent of creation, I've devised a theory that could potentially break the ties between intelligent design and religious motives. For now, I've decided to call this theory the "Top-Down Dimensional Design" theory. I have a portion of the theory written out in one of my old articles, which can be found here.

However, to give a synopsis of that portion, I'll simplify the most important aspect as best I can. Basically, the theory is that there is some being that exists in a higher dimensional universe. Within that universe, our three-dimensional universe exists. As well, in a four-dimensional, or potentially even more complex universe, what we understand to be time would probably be a physical dimension. Thus, the creative being could have created every moment of our universe from within his own universe. It's kind of like how we create two-dimensional paintings and designs on computers. In our three-dimensional world, it's very easy to create on a lesser-dimensional scale. So, assuming similar physical aspects of the creator's home universe, it would be relatively simple for this creator to make a three-dimensional work of art like our universe. Heck, people have made 3D representations of our universe on computers using our own technology. Sure, the creator would have to be very skilled, as there is a lot of complexity to our universe. However, there are extremely skilled artists here on Earth. Therefore, I can't say that, if there is indeed a creator within a higher dimension, he wouldn't be good enough to make our universe. That's about all of the most important details of my theory.

Sure, it's not the most self-explanatory theory. However, for a high school student, I'd say it's quite palatable. As long as you can explain the theory in small bits as to not confuse students, it can make a lot of sense.

I hope that, if you are a science teacher or a science education advocate in any way, understand that this has the potential to be a somewhat revolutionary theory, as it would allow the idea of a creator to be presented in the public classroom. It certainly would not step on other scientific theories. Simply, it allows for the design of the universe to be considered a truly scientific theory, and not just a means of achieving some religious motive.

If you are a teacher, or studying to become one, and would like to know more about my theory, please either comment on this page, message me on social media or shoot me an email: cobybartolucci@gmail.com