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Science should be taught on what we know. Teach about the what evidence supports evolution, and teach that most scientist think evolution happened like this. And also teach that there is much we don't know and many scientist believe in intelligent design. The way evolution is taught today is to deny that there is any skepticism despite huge gaps of knowledge. So much is assumed about evolution but we teach it as fact.


4 posted on 08/03/2005 6:10:25 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: Always Right
We had, have and will have the gaps in our knowledge. The scientific answer to many gaps is just we don't know the answer yet. Gaps in previous theories were filled by the new theories, or a new theory would replace a part or the whole of the previous one. Existence of the gaps is normal and essential in our quest for knowledge, and it is not a problem.

The problem is when a gap is filled by "God did it" claim. Our ancestors had countless gaps filled by acts of God, gods, or demons. Science filled most of these gaps with knowledge. If the Hand of God was not ultimately needed to explain all these countless gaps in knowledge, why do we need to ask for it when we discover new gaps in knowledge?

38 posted on 08/03/2005 7:28:28 AM PDT by Tolik
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To: Always Right
And also teach that there is much we don't know and many scientist believe in intelligent design.

Not many scientists at all believe in Intelligent Design. I seriously doubt you can claim one tenth of one percent of the world's credentialled biologists.

And it's not as if offers any intellectual content. You can't learn anything by studying it. "It's too complicated. I'll never understand it. Therefore it can't have evolved." That's not going to teach you much.

74 posted on 08/03/2005 3:07:58 PM PDT by VadeRetro (Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
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