Evolution?

Question

If evolution can not be proved then it would lead one to believe that it is an opinion for the make up of all space and time. Christianity has been taken out of school teaching and the word God offends many people, but it is claimed to be religous not sience. What ever you believe in is your religion. With that said what would be wrong with teaching both theories in school and leave the student to belive right and wrong or both?

I regards to an answer I have received I will post that I am neither for or against either method, but I would have to say get over it. If we could give both why not offer it. I personaly belive in a different religion that the Christian religion, but I'm not offened when someone talks to me about it. Why can't we learn from each other and make up our own minds and not have some one telling us this is right and wrong. That is the only point I am trying to make. I not claiming I know all the issues about the politics on this subject.

Ok, maybe no one understands my question. If the d@mn christians and the other people are going to argue untill the end of time about this crap, WHY CAN'T WE GIVE THEM A CHOICE? IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT TAKE THE OTHER CLASS END OF POINT!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

I noticed several answers claiming that evolution has been proven but not one example was proposed.
The fact is, evolution has not and can not be unequivocally proven. It's a theory.

Both Creation ( my belief ) and evolution should be taught side by side. Unfortunatly, those in charge at this time choose to only allow evolution . It is my belief that they are afraid to allow something that MANY people believe to be true to counter their theory.

Answer 2

If you understood the scientific method you'd realise that something can't be a theory in science unless it is backed up by a lot of evidence. Gravity is still technically a theory too. So, evolution is a science which has no religious or anti-theistic stance...there can still be a god some would even say the Christan God even with evolution being true. Christianity is a religion...we have these lovely little laws about separating church and state. If if those laws didn't exist, how would you feel if schools only taught Christianity but you are native American, Wicca, or Buddhist? Christians have churches...that's where they can teach their children about creationism. The schools should remain secular.

oh, and what in the world would they teach in a science classroom about creationism? A tiny paragraph that says some Chrisitans believe that God created the world in 6 days about 6,000 years ago (even though we know the earth is much older) with every creature being exactly how it is today (even though we have fossils which indicate change over time).

Answer 3

Let a child be given a philosophical quandry and be asked to learn and discover an answer on his own? That would be like education! A wise person once said that "Belief is the end of knowledge". And even though evolution is only a Theory per se', there are still some very compelling experiments and tons of empiracal evidence to support it's claims. Hell, some Christians believe that dinosaurs were a hoax! Read up on Richard Dawkins or Daniel Dennett. Although Dawkins is probably one of the biggest mouthpieces for Atheism in modern science, his book "The Selfish Gene" is hard to deny.

But really, just have faith man, and you'll get in to heaven....no worries. It's so much easier that way. I believe Nietzsche said "A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything".

Answer 4

Evolution the Theory is unproven but commonly accepted as truth because some cannot open their minds enough to acctually believe in God.

Evolution is a wild crazy theory I mean how do they know what happened 40kabillion years ago.... they've never found a missing link but they have created some out of ape bones or computer graphics.

THey will accept anything short of insanity than believe in God... even if alll evidence is against them. Evolution itself is a religion and it's just a bunch of speculative science fiction.... But creationism is the real science... God is the God of all science, many famous individuals believed in God including: Eienstien, Isaac Newton, and Thomas Edison.

They should teach creation in school, but those people could never accept that there is a God......... they are so blind closed minded and lost to the truth.

How did the universe big bang itself into existance?

Even if you had a planet with water, rich soi,l oxygen, and sunlight... no life could spontaniously form from it.

It is like taking a can of green beens and setting it there for a few billion years expecting a jolly green giant to evolve from it... not going to happin.

It just doesn't make sense that people could actually believe in this hooha... it is a joke it really is.

It makes me laugh how crazy can they get?... next we will be introduced to the "alien craeted life on earth theory" or the "we evolved from easter bunnies" anything, anything but God and creationism.

How blind can they get.... its simple ignorance by choice.

God help 'em

Answer 5

I have also heard of places in the US where they are not allowed to learn about evolution. I don't agree with taking either of them out of the schools. When I was a kid, we learned a bit about all of the most popular religions and about scientific theories about creation. I think kids should learn what's out there. Then they can know how to react to people who have different beliefs than they do. Only learning one thing can possibly make kids think they are right and everyone else is stupid (like a lot of people on here!!!).

Personally, I believe in evolution. I don't believe evolution is a religion. I don't have a religion. I believe religions are just there to explain what we can't explain. Slowly, science is starting to explain things about the world. We may never know all the answers, but that doesn't make me want to explain it the easy way by just saying someone is up there making things happen.

This is what I chose to believe after learning about other beliefs. I was raised Christian (Catholic), but for some reason, I just could not make myself whole-heartedly believe in it. But I am glad I was taught other things, because I don't like to just be closeminded and just believe something because it's the first answer I heard. I want to be able to back up what I think with research.

Answer 6

Evolution is a theory, but multiple facts of evolution HAVE been proved.

Evolution, as a concept, is proven by the enormously vast consensus of the scientific community.

As for you "all space and time" you are obviously referening cosmology, which is NOT evolution and generally not taught in schools anyway.

Teaching "both sides" is relevant when there is an earnest debate. In this case, there is not even close to a debate in the scientific community about evolution.

Ironically, the same Christians who cry for "both sides" also want to teach abstinence-only in schools, citing scientific evidence to bolster their point! Right now sex-ed IS both sides, and Christians want to remove one of them, contraceptive eduction.

Answer 7

Evolution has been proven. When we use pesticides to kill bugs and through generations they become immune to it, through natural selection.

Darwinism and Abiogenesis have not been proven. They are theories that all life (including humans) evolved from other species. I don't think schools spend much if any time on the theory of evolution as much as the facts of evolution, when I was in school I hardly remember if they did.

I don't think it's bad to teach religion in school, but it has to be it's own subject, it shouldn't be taught in a science class for example. It should be as part of studing theism, or culture. And it should be extra credit, and not required.

Answer 8

EVOLUTION

The introduction to Genesis and to the whole Bible ascribes everything to the living God, creating, making, acting, moving, and speaking. There is no room for evolution without a flat denial of Divine revelation. One must be true the other false. All of God’s works are good, great, wondrous, and perfect.

Man starts from nothing. He begins in helplessness, ignorance, and inexperience. All his works, therefore, proceed on the principle of evolution. This principle is only seen in human affairs: from the hut to the palace; from the canoe to the ocean liner; from the spade to the plowshare to machines. But the birds build their nests today as at the beginning. There is growth and development within man, but no passing, change, or evolution out from one into another.

For this theory or fallacy of evolution to be true there would be evident stages of evolution today. You would be able to find species in many stages of evolution in nature right now. For this theory or fallacy of evolution to be true there would be no God. And that’s exactly what evolutionists believe and are trying prove. The evolutionist bases his or her conclusions on human assumptions and reasoning, instead of on the documentary evidence of the manuscripts.

Answer 9

Why have school at all? Why not just send the children to church every day, eliminate all of the useless things, like math, science, grammar, and history, and teach what's really important, like the bible, and intolerance. Who cares if the kids can't get a decent job? It's not this life that matters, and I'm sure Jesus would be really pleased to get a crop of illiterate bigots in the next world.

Answer 10

Hooray!

Another pointless evolution question from someone who's already made up their mind in favour of creationism without having the faintest understanding of evolution or biology and insisting on pretending to phrase the question as though they have some understanding of the issues involved.

And another 2 points for me.

Answer 11

I'm with the "last ninja."

Give it a go in the science section first. If that doesn't take the wind out of your sails, then bio. 101 & 102 is the thing. If you still think there's an argument ... go back to the science section & see if you get it right the second time.