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TheHurricaneKid · 03-13-2013, 07:12 AM

Evolution is biological history, mutation, and statistics.

carterstamp · 03-13-2013, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by TheHurricaneKid

Evolution is biological history, mutation, and statistics.

To answer your question...nothing.

Seeker5in1 · 03-13-2013, 07:16 AM

There is nothing wrong with teaching evolution as a theory, along with creation as a theory. Neither should be taught as proven fact, because both are unproveable.

GregW · 03-13-2013, 07:17 AM

I do not see any other way of reasonably explaining the biological history of life so I totally agree with teaching evolution as part of a science curriculum.

I object to teaching Creationism or Intelligent Design as anything but another myth in a comparative religion or as delusion in a Psyche class.

TheHurricaneKid · 03-13-2013, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Seeker5in1

There is nothing wrong with teaching evolution as a theory, along with creation as a theory. Neither should be taught as proven fact, because both are unproveable.

Evolution is observable, where as abiogenesis is not.

Seeker5in1 · 03-13-2013, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by TheHurricaneKid

Evolution is observable, where as abiogenesis is not.

And there, you see, is the problem. Some believe evolution is a fact rather than a theory of the unproveable.

carterstamp · 03-13-2013, 07:22 AM

Which creation theory should we teach? Judeo-Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist?

There are more than one.

Seeker5in1 · 03-13-2013, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by GregW

I do not see any other way of reasonably explaining the biological history of life so I totally agree with teaching evolution as part of a science curriculum.

I object to teaching Creationism or Intelligent Design as anything but another myth in a comparative religion or as delusion in a Psyche class.

And you can't prove that creation is just a myth. Both theories should be presented as just that: theories. Suggesting that those who ascribe to the creation theory are delusional is a bit insulting don't you think?

GregW · 03-13-2013, 07:24 AM

We should teach the one involving DNA and not the rest of the Religious nonesense.

TheHurricaneKid · 03-13-2013, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Seeker5in1

And there, you see, is the problem. Some believe evolution is a fact rather than a theory of the unproveable.

So changes in DNA and observable traits over time are cannot be proven? Survival of the fittest cannot be proven?