Do you Think Evolution Should be taught in School?

@minerc (1373)
United States
February 5, 2007 3:05pm CST
Ok I asked about the bible, What about Evolution Should it be taught in School?
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12 responses
6 Feb 07
I was taught about evolution in my biology classes and about different cultures and faith in my religious education classes. I think this is the way it should be done. In this country most school teach christianity as if it is the truth and I think thats wrong. It should be the parents who teach the kids which religion is the right one, the schools should just give a balanced view of them all.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
19 Feb 07
A very succinct response and I concur totally. Bravo!
@mirage108 (3402)
• United States
6 Feb 07
yes Evolution should be taught in School just like religius education should be taught. they are two different views on where we came from and how everything started here on earth.
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@minerc (1373)
• United States
6 Feb 07
Thank You!
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@Aussies2007 (5336)
• Australia
12 Feb 07
I think that you are missing the point about evolution. Most of you think right away about man... Creation versus evolution. No-one has ever attempted to teach me as a fact that I am descending from Eve or from a chimpanzee. Because no-one knows for sure. Evolution is about what we know... and we know plenty. We have discovered the bones of many early men, many animal species and many fishes... and we have been able to examine them, compare them and trace their evolution. We have been able to trace the various stages of evolution from our planet... going through the ice age... etc. We have traced the evolution of plants and trees. Evolution is about nature at work. It is not about where we come from. Even if we are descending from the chimpanzee... Where does the chimpanzee comes from?
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• Australia
12 Feb 07
You should also remember that 99 percent of our evolution happened before the birth of any religion and God as we know it. Because God came to us 5000 years ago... when our planet was already several million years old. God came to us after the dinosaurs.
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@useradd (46)
• Canada
13 Feb 07
I think the question should be do we allow the teaching of creation in school. There is absolutely zero, zilch, nadda shred of 'credible' evidence of a higher power. OTOH, there is overwhelming amounts of evidence on the theory of evolution. It wouldn't be science if there wasn't evidence. It would defy all scientific reasoning if evolution had no supporting evidence. Please see the scientific definition of the word theory before you start throwing the word around with no regard to its meaning. http://wilstar.com/theories.htm
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• United States
14 Feb 07
There are over 600 credible scientists from around the world who disagree about the "evidence" of evolution. They believe there are too many holes in the theory, too many problems. There are missing links, which Darwin himself stated would be a problem if never found. There is irreducible complexity, which states that there are systems within the body that could not have evolved or they would not have been able to sustain life. These are the critical points which no one is allowed to bring up in debate. Upon bringing them up, the one posing them is ridiculed and mocked. (just watch what is said about me after this.) I think these things need to be pointed out as serious problems with the theory. Only then can we look for answers to them, instead of just sweeping them under the rug as if they don't exist. http://www.dissentfromdarwin.org
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@owens07 (325)
• Puerto Rico
13 Feb 07
It's how one interpret what one's calls evidence. Maybe you'd see it clear if you could provide an example of what you call evidence. I then will show how there are scientists just as qualified will look at your so called evidence and draw a different conclusion.
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@owens07 (325)
• Puerto Rico
15 Feb 07
The definitions for microevolution and macroevolution are pretty standard. You're mistaken. Microevolution refers to changes within a species whereas macroevolution refers to one species evolving into an entirely new species. As for quotes taken out of context, that's a common misleading tactic used by evolutionists over and over. Take a look at the following quotes. Evolutionists would have you believe that the writer later says in the remaining text.."No wait, sorry, I didn't mean that at all what I meant to say was something totally different" If this is the case then the writer should get his or her thoughts together before submitting their work: "The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an unproved theory, Is it then a science or faith?" L. H. Matthews, Introduction to Origin of the Species, by Charles Darwin (1971 edition) pp x, xi (1971 edition) "Every time I write a paper on the origin of life, I determine I will never write another one, because there is too much speculation running after too few facts." Francis Crick, Life itself (1981) p 153[Crick received a Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA] "The over-riding supremacy of the myth has created a widespread illusion that the theory of evolution was all but proved one hundred years ago and that all subsequent biological research, paleontological, zoological and in the newer branches of genetic and molecular biology has provided ever - increasing evidence of Darwinian ideas" Michael Denton, Evolultion: A theory in Crisis (1985) p 327 "The irony is devasting. The main purpose of Darwinism was to drive every last trace of an incredible God from biology. But the theory replaces God with an evenmore incredible deity, omnipotent chance." Rosazak, Unfinished Animal (1975) pp 101 - 102 "The evidence for Darwinism is not only grossly inadequate, it's systematically distorted. I'm convinced that sometime in the no too distant future people will look back in amazement and say, "How could anyone have believed this? Darwinism is merely materialistic philosophy masquerading as science." Honathan Well, Ph D in molecular and cell biology, specializ in vertebrate embryology, 1994, from UC Berkeley
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@Fargale (760)
• Brazil
8 Feb 07
Of course it should be taught in school. It is one of the most important theories of science. In Science, a Theory is not just and untested, unproven idea. A Theory is as close to a fact as it can be, just below the scientific Laws, since in science there are no hard, undeniable facts. Science isn't as arrogant as to claim that we currently know the definitive truth about anything. But a Theory is pretty much proven. If one were to deny teaching of evolution because it is a theory, then the teaching about Gravity should be denied too, after all, Gravity also is "just" a theory. As for teaching creationism in school, I don't have much against it, as long as it's optional and it's taught in religion classes - FAR from science classes, since it absolutely isn't science. And it shouldn't be restricted to only one form of creationism, of course.
@jelaichie (475)
• Philippines
16 Feb 07
evolution is part of our past wherein we the humans evolve from being prehistoric or cavemans., i guess the school tend to teach about this kindah things becuase its already part of our so called life., on where we came from and that kindah things., but atleast the parents must be there to guide the children whenver problems may occur or questions that could be asked from them to evryone of us...
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@owens07 (325)
• Puerto Rico
18 Feb 07
With regard to the list of scientists. What areas do you still feel have nothing to do with the theory of evolution? From what I've studied evolution relies heavily on most of them.
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
5 Feb 07
I remember when I learned evolution in school, it was very confusing to me. I think the teachers should stress that it is a theary, and also say others have other beliefs too. I think that parents need to be notified and give permission for it to be taught to their child. Family communication should also be involved with it.
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@minerc (1373)
• United States
5 Feb 07
I agree so much with you, Thank You!
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
22 Feb 07
yeah I remember having to learn about Evolution. It looks like kids would have a choose on wheter they want to here about it are not. There is no why I belive we came from Moneys or apes.
@albert2412 (1782)
• United States
26 Feb 07
From a scientific point of view, I just do not believe in evolution. The fossil record does not support it. If evolution were true, then we should be getting more biodiversity, not less as is the case. I find it hard to support as a scientific theory something in school that just can not be supported by the facts.
@jayperiod (870)
• United States
8 Feb 07
It's a theory. I think the problem is that it's taught as fact. They don't allow critical thinking on the subject. No one is allowed to really examine it critically. I understand it's one theory. If it's taught, along with the problems with it and other theories, it would be fine. I know for myself, when presented with the idea and the problems, I had more questions about it than understanding. If it weren't taught as solid fact, I don't think there'd be nearly as much controversy as there is.
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• United States
19 Feb 07
500 years ago in Europe, you could be burned at the stake for saying the earth was round. Hundreds of years before that, the ancient Greeks had already calculated the diameter of the earth since they already knew the earth was round. What does this have to do with evolution? Time is everything to scientific theories. What is known as absolute fact today is proven wrong tomorrow and adjusted again next week. Today's ignorance can erase yesterday's hard won knowledge. Evolution should be taught in schools as just one of many explanations for creation. Creationism should be taught in schools as another theory. Both theories are as yet unproved and the truth is probably a little of both and as yet not understood.
@owens07 (325)
• Puerto Rico
12 Feb 07
Definitely, but it shouldn't be taught with honesty. Teachers will often leave their students with the impression that they must somehow modify their former beliefs of origin which rest on faith only to embrace a theory which for the most part also rest on speculation and faith. I'm referring here to macro evolution and not micro evolution. "In fact, evolution became in a sense a scientific religion; almost all scientists have accepted it and many are prepared to 'bend' their observations to fit in with it." H. Lipson, "A Physicist Looks at Evolution, "Physics Bulletin, 31 (1980) p. 138
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