Posted on 07/30/2011 9:55:01 PM PDT by Dominic01
What's your opinion about teaching the theory of evolution in public schools?
Thank you for participating in our poll. Here are the results so far:
Evolution should be taught in public schools. 39% Evolution should be taught along with creationism. 33% Creationism should be taught, not evolution. 24% I don't know.
What’s your opinion about teaching the theory of evolution in public schools?
In other words public schools was not met to shape every ones life for them, but we can see that it has happened and we can see the nasty results.
Public schools? Teaching?
The biological sciences are a must for public education. The process of biological evolutionary change is part and parcel of the science.
Science education should not be cluttered with the various creation myths that have no evidence of being factual. If the various creation myths are to be mandated, they should be part of a humanities study.
Here are the results so far:
Evolution should be taught in public schools.40%
Evolution should be taught along with creationism.34%
Creationism should be taught, not evolution.23%
I don’t know.3%
When the nAglo Saxons quit conquering and settled down in Britain, they imported Scottish missionaries who taught the people Christianity.
Then the children were schooled using the Book of Psalms as their Primer.
They were WAY ahead of us.
When the Anglo Saxons quit conquering and settled down in Britain, they imported Scottish missionaries who taught the people Christianity.
Then the children were schooled using the Book of Psalms as their Primer.
They were WAY ahead of us.
Evolution is real. As an amateur paleontologist, I have seen the changes over millions of years of species of sharks, Oysters, clams, etc. The British ammonoids in their vertical shale formations are definitive proof of evolution.
Public schools was set up to teach children to read, write and do sums, not to take over their whole life.
Provided that evolutionists do not insist that the big bang was a purely chance event, evolution does not threaten those who believe the universe was created. It does threaten the small fraction of that group who believe the universe was created less than ten thousand years ago.
“I’ll answer it but you might not like my answer.”
Amen. Same here.
You’re an ape. So are Chimpanzees and gorillas and orangutangs and gibbons.
You must have been publicly educated.
Martin Luther (1483-1546), said: “I am much afraid that schools will prove to be the great gates of hell unless we diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures, engraving them in the hearts of youth.”
Gates of Hell is right, maybe that is why Jesus said in matt 20 v 16 many shall be called but few chosen.
Thank you, Steve!
I believe it doesn’t really matter as long as the schools teach the kids what a THEORY is.
Theory: an UNPROVEN assumption.
If your non sequitur gives you comfort, then hey, don't mind if I laugh at it. But at the same time don't expect me not to.
Taught as a theory(s) - no problem
Taught as inarguable facts - big problem
My opinion is that taxpayers should be refunded the portion of their property taxes that applied to public schools for as long as evolution is taught. IOW, we’re not getting our money’s worth.
Which version of creationism do you prefer? Protestant, Catholic, Mormon, muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Scientology, Aztec, Inuit, Creek, Hopi, Sioux, or black liberation theology?
Now, which version will the gay, pedophile, union, Arab religion teacher be teaching in your public school to YOUR kids?
I'm gonna guess that 99% of FReepers believe that gov’t is way too big, & legally intrudes on our private lives in too many ways. I'm also gonna guess that most of us KNOW the gov’t screws up badly EVERY TIME it involves itself in social & cultural aspects of American society.
It's obvious gov’t run schools cannot even teach reading, writing, & arithmetic. Sex education is primarily DEVIATE/PROMISCUOUS sexual education. Athletics is now about money rather than sportsmanship & health.
In most schools districts in the USA, the children come from diverse backgrounds, with many different religions & versions of creation. How does a school provide a creationism class for 5, 10, or 20 different religions, or do they provide one creationism class, with multiple versions of creation, or maybe they provide one creationism class with only ONE version of creation taught? Which option do you prefer vs. which option the gov’t, by force of diversity & budget, will prefer?
As of today, your child's religious education is COMPLETELY in your hands. You don't need a permit, child welfare cannot intervene, & no police will be kicking in your door (yet) to take your kid to the moon goddess sacrificial festival field trip.
So, why would ANY FReeper want ANY religion taught in gov’t run schools?
It is not about evolution vs. creationism, it's about gov’t sanctioned religion - Reid, Pelosi, McConnell, Boehner sanctioned religion being taught to our kids in gov’t run schools. If you can show that evolution is bogus, then work to have it removed from the school curriculum.
I see no conflict ... BOTH are correct. The bible has the “timeline” off is all, and you’d expect that being it was written before people even knew the earth was round. A “day”? A “day” in God’s mind is how long? 10 or 12 million years maybe? Explaining how God sat in his deck chair and created the world in 7 days, “let there be trees” ... is easy, and easy for a not-so-deep thinker to understand. But think of the “intellect” (if you can call it that) ... that came up with evolution ... that is beyond anything man could make up or dream up .. we still haven’t figured it all out yet. Don’t tell me there isn’t something very superior out there watching and laughing at all this. (Yes, my God has a sense of humor too).
It’s the best scientific explanation we have, even if it isn’t a perfect match with religion. It may have flaws, and should not be taught as dogma, but it is does have decent reasoning behind it insofar as we do know things.
A key factor is NO theory is complete and perfect. People are, however, loathe to admit they don’t know everything and “demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty”.
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