What's the deal with evolution? (church, abortion, quote, Christian)
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Some feel like it should be taught in schools (I'm in that group)
Some feel like it shouldn't be taught in schools
Some feel like it shouldn't be taught as fact
Some feel like creation should be taught in schools as an alternative to evolution
Some feel like creation shouldn't be taught in schools but neither should evolution
Some feel like it should be taught in schools (I'm in that group)
Some feel like it shouldn't be taught in schools
Some feel like it shouldn't be taught as fact
Some feel like creation should be taught in schools as an alternative to evolution
Some feel like creation shouldn't be taught in schools but neither should evolution
any others?
Thanks. Let me clarify. I know the positions on it, I'm just curious why it's so important to the creation group that it be taught in public schools. I can understand the science group wanting it taught, cuz it's science. I'm not looking to a debate over evolution, I just want to know what one hopes to gain by one's particular postion on the subject that makes it so important.
Maybe "creationism" is the problem.
I think students ought to be exposed to as many viewpoints and store of knowledge as possible.
But "creationism" is a hot button. There can be geology classes, religion classes ( in church ), astronomy classes.
As a non-literalist Christian, there are many creationist theories that I think are counter-intuitive and downright goofy.
You mean like: With whom did Adam and Eve's sons mate? Ewwwwww!
Well, ok, with whom did the very first humans that evolved mate? At least evolution gives a bigger playing field. You get to choose between a sister or an ape.
Well, ok, with whom did the very first humans that evolved mate? At least evolution gives a bigger playing field. You get to choose between a sister or an ape.
Just so you know, the "ducks hatching out of dinosaur eggs" view of evolution is only found in creationist literature.
Evolution is a gradual process. It would be just as tough to tell what the "first human" was as it is to tell what the "first golden retriever was" as opposed to the earlier dog stock from which they come.
There is of course the question of punctuated equilibrium if you want to get into that, but in any case, we are never talking about something like an ancient equivalent to a Chimpanzee just giving birth to a completely different creature. That is just a strawman argument which gets trotted out on occasion.
About the biggest sort of change you would generally see I think would be something along the lines of Hypertrichosis.
Well, ok, with whom did the very first humans that evolved mate? At least evolution gives a bigger playing field. You get to choose between a sister or an ape.
Come on, cg81, you know that's a strawman argument that's been refuted about as many times as it's been brought up. Again, an apelike creature did not just spit out a human one day. You're trying to climb Mount Improbable again but unfortunately you're going to need some better rope.
As a Christian who believes in the Creation I don't mind evolution being taught in schools as long as it is taught as the theory of evolution because it has not been proven, and not stated as an infallible fact.
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