Teaching of Evolution (your thoughts?)

Do you agree evolution should be taught?

yes	67.3%	[ 1018 ]
no	13.2%	[ 199 ]
I'm not sure.. but I want gold :3	19.5%	[ 295 ]
Total Votes:			[ 1512 ]

[Yuna Englos]

Do you know how many people would flip if they heard evolution was being taught to their kids?! I want to learn about evolution, don't get me wrong because I believe in it, but do you know how many people would be against it?

[Akanishi Makoto]

Yuna Englos

Do you know how many people would flip if they heard evolution was being taught to their kids?! I want to learn about evolution, don't get me wrong because I believe in it, but do you know how many people would be against it?

You don't believe in evolution.

That's like believing in air.

[Grinsender Teufel]

Yes, it should.

We have PROOF of evolution.

Creationism has no proof.

Oh, wait, someone's bound to shout out, "THE BIBLE IS PROOF!11111111"

Sorry, no it isn't.

[Tuah]

Fine by me as long as they're still teaching other stuff. Evolution is not an anti-religious thing though. It's science, and there is no science in religion; only beliefs that have been handed down and such. If you want to take out evolution for religious reasons, take out all science classes in a school.

[ULTIMA_warrior13]

Has anyone heard of the seperation of Church and State?

That means schools of the state (AKA Public schools) cannot teach religious subjects such as Creationism. Private schools are different. I don't even care if they teach about hte FSM.
Evolution on the other hand is a science. It's practically fact whether you believe it or not. Evolution is also necessary to understand most of Biology (trust me I'm taking it) such as mutations, natural selection, and population limiting factors.


Though it would be easier taking Creationism. That way I could just say, "God did it" and then class is over.

[chibi-faolan]

Yuna Englos

Do you know how many people would flip if they heard evolution was being taught to their kids?! I want to learn about evolution, don't get me wrong because I believe in it, but do you know how many people would be against it?

Yep. Every last fundie nitwit, moron, idiot, and dipshit in the entire country.

Which, y'know... is the case. Because if you're going to a public school, that is what is taught. Maybe not in-depth, maybe not well enough that students really grasp it, but it's on the curriculum. As I've said before, mythology has no place in a science classroom.

[stitchex]

I believe that evolution should be taught. There is plenty of valid evidence supporting it, but in the end its up to the child to decide which to believe.

[Koravin]

ULTIMA_warrior13

Has anyone heard of the seperation of Church and State?

That means schools of the state (AKA Public schools) cannot teach religious subjects such as Creationism. Private schools are different. I don't even care if they teach about hte FSM.
Evolution on the other hand is a science. It's practically fact whether you believe it or not. Evolution is also necessary to understand most of Biology (trust me I'm taking it) such as mutations, natural selection, and population limiting factors.


Though it would be easier taking Creationism. That way I could just say, "God did it" and then class is over.

Not quite right. Schools can teach religious doctrine, as long as it's in a religious course, and not being declared the one and only truth, or true at all for that matter. Taking a course on religion is fine, but in science class, science should be taught.

[Wishbone Redemption]

It's kind of an important part of biology. I don't see how it's reasonable not to teach a well-observed scientific principle in a science class.

And if you really want to argue that it's 'only a theory', not only do you have to contend with the scientific definition of 'theory', but also witht the fact that plenty of hypothesies are taught in upper-level science courses.

[Koravin]

Wishbone Redemption

It's kind of an important part of biology. I don't see how it's reasonable not to teach a well-observed scientific principle in a science class.

And if you really want to argue that it's 'only a theory', not only do you have to contend with the scientific definition of 'theory', but also witht the fact that plenty of hypothesies are taught in upper-level science courses.

Yeah, leaving evolution out of biology is like leaving atomic theory out of chemistry.

[Wishbone Redemption]

Yuna Englos

Do you know how many people would flip if they heard evolution was being taught to their kids?! I want to learn about evolution, don't get me wrong because I believe in it, but do you know how many people would be against it?

And some people are against teaching the Civil Rights movement, or the Sufferage movement. They still have the right to believe whatever unsupported ideas they want- but they don't have the right to make everyone else believe what they do, or limit the well-supported ideas people can learn about.

[Tobey Wartooth]

People should believe in whatever they want to believe in. We should not try to teach other people to go against their beliefs. If someone wants to believe in their religion, let them. If someone wants to believe in evolution, let them. It's there opinion, and in my opinion, their opinion counts.

By the way, I believe in evolution, just so you know.
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[Wishbone Redemption]

Koravin

Wishbone Redemption

It's kind of an important part of biology. I don't see how it's reasonable not to teach a well-observed scientific principle in a science class.

And if you really want to argue that it's 'only a theory', not only do you have to contend with the scientific definition of 'theory', but also witht the fact that plenty of hypothesies are taught in upper-level science courses.

Yeah, leaving evolution out of biology is like leaving atomic theory out of chemistry.

It leaves the entire ecology part kind of... Naked.

[Chrono_Tata]

Yuna Englos

Do you know how many people would flip if they heard evolution was being taught to their kids?! I want to learn about evolution, don't get me wrong because I believe in it, but do you know how many people would be against it?

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/44260

[NykylaiHellray]

Evolution is taught in england at all public schools, and this has not caused that much debate.

I am not to sure about the situation in america, and have only heard about it from papers and news reports. But because of the higher chrisitian population I can understand how this would pose a problem.

Personally children should be taught both, and then given the option of what to beleive in. But I dont believe that intellegent design should be taught in the science classroom, and should be only taught with R.E.

Evolution is the most accepted and most plausible theroy we have regarding life at the moment, and therefore takes priority over theroies which have not gained the evidence, which the former has gathered over the years.

It does not mean that these "alternative" theories should not be taught, but they should be restricted to the realms of religion and mythology until they have a plausible reason to be considered as science.