The intelligent design in the cell, proteins, the brain, and the communication systems between cells, the immune system, the eye, the natural world,… etc. can be taught in biology lessons ?
2006-06-10 09:48:04 · 15 answers · asked by Biomimetik 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Good point.
What is taught or in text books needs to be corrected and all the fallacies removed.
Unfortunately the text books have a 15 year lag behind contemporary science.
2006-06-10 11:08:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The science courses need to be updated to include more current theories of evolution. That does not mean teaching intelligent design. It means teaching about the work that has been done in the scientific community since Darwin. In many cases, textbooks are not reflecting that progress accurately enough.
Intelligent design has no empirical evidence. The only evidence for it lies in the reasoning of those who accept it. It's philosophy, not science.
Biology classes teach about the communications between cells, about the systems of the body, and about the natural world. They just don't inject a theory for which there is no scientific evidence or basis.
Until there is real evidence one way or the other, parents are the ones who are responsible for teaching children about God should they see fit to do so. Period.
2006-06-10 17:01:21 · answer #2 · answered by Snark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe Darwinism and Intelligent design should be taught side by side. We live in a country that professes freedom and the right to an education, then refuse to teach one theory, yet teach the other. It's not fair. Intelligent design, does not necessarily mean God. We could have been created by another race? Our forefathers must be turning in their graves. The seperation of church and state was started to keep government out of religion...not the other way around. My children can't study intelligent design. But they can be taught Islam, or sci fi, or the supernatural in literature, folklore. The list goes on and on as to what some high schools have in their cirriculum.
2006-06-10 17:07:59 · answer #3 · answered by Mare 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
High school biology is simply an overview of what mainstream scientists believe. It is not a place for debate, discussion and advanced consideration of every argument from every possible side.
The purpose of school is to give students a firm foundation upon which to base their future learning. Mainstream scientists completely believe in evolution. Just because some crack pot religious freaks have poked some holes in the idea does not mean it is not valid.
High school needs to teach kids the basic mainstream facts and give them a foundation to start from. There are many subjects in which students are not told the entire truth such as complex physics and math. The subjects are kept simple, and once the students have acquired the basic knowledge in college they can be introduced to highly advanced techniques and begin questioning specific theories in detail.
The reality is Darwinism is being attacked by the fanatical religious right, merely because it seems to fly in the face of their creation fairy tale. This kind of argument does not seem to affect other subjects.
2006-06-10 18:03:30 · answer #4 · answered by ZCT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Textbooks should present facts, not commentary. While this is seldom true in any subject (take a look at an American history textbook some time), it is the ideal. In the end, students be taught what is known as well as our degree of certainty about what we know. Beyond that, they have to make their own decisions.
2006-06-10 16:58:30 · answer #5 · answered by marbledog 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intelligent design is not evidence nor is it a theory.
It is idiotic nonsense that claims complexity required creation while at the same time claiming the creator was not created.
Why waste taxpayer dollars and teachers' time repeating idiotic nonsense?
Should we teach them that sticking pins in dolls will cause a reaction in another person? You know, voodoo. Why not? It's on the same level as "creationism."
2006-06-10 16:57:09 · answer #6 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it should not. There isn't enough evidence "against" evolution. There isn't any such thing. There are other styles of thinking with their own supportive evidence, but publishing evidence "against" evolution would just add fire to an already too hot debate.
2006-06-10 17:02:15 · answer #7 · answered by Je Suis Le Roi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, just the fact that children should be taught "to" think by schools not " what to" think is reason enough to teach any reasonable ideas or theories.
2006-06-10 16:59:30 · answer #8 · answered by beek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should we live under shariah law and smell a mans arsss 5 times a day?
2006-06-10 17:31:13 · answer #9 · answered by Pisslams Queeran 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but, only scientific evidence, which excludes intelligent design.
2006-06-10 16:54:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋