As a pagan it offends me because i teach my children that a higher energy created everything.
i don't need my kids thinking evolution is fact and the only option!
As usual,I find atheists being intolerant to other faiths!!!
2006-10-23 08:03:18 · 30 answers · asked by NONAME 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because it is a religious belief and there is such a thing as "separation of church and state".
2006-10-23 08:06:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
If you don't want your kids to think that evolution is the only option... then tell them so. Schools are supposed to provide (at least, in theory) a neutral, basic education. Extra education (such as religious instruction) gets added in through other methods - such as being taught by parents. The reason for that is, quite simply, there's too many competing theories. Everyone who wants I.D. taught wants *their version* to be presented - and each version is typically exclusionary towards other theories. That sort of theological debate doesn't really have a place in a public school - it's just not the right venue.
If you feel that a higher being created everything, that's fine - that is not, in and of itself, incompatable with evolution. Evolution is simply a theory on how things came about, on a physical level. How things came about on a metaphysical level is completely beyond the scope of the theory.
2006-10-24 10:40:36 · answer #2 · answered by ArcadianStormcrow 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not an atheist and I don't believe Intelligent Design should be taught in the science classroom. If parents want their kids to learn intelligent design, it should be taught in the home or in church. I wouldn't even mind it being taught as a seperate, *elective* class - but ALL creation myths, from all cultures and religions, should be included, including the possibility that we were genetically engineered by an alien race.
It was my understanding, re: intelligent design in the classroom, was that the Christians wanted their version *ONLY* to be the one presented (i.e. Adam and Eve and their god). I'm sure they wouldn't have been so quick to support the idea if the creation myths of all other faiths, cultures, and the possibility of alien engineering had been included in the cirriculum.
Not only that - but ID has no scientific evidence to back it up. At least evolution has fossils, among other things, to lend some credibility to it...
2006-10-23 15:23:31 · answer #3 · answered by swordarkeereon 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Frankly, I don't mind if alternative "origin of life" mythologies are taught in school, but they shouldn't be taught in Science class. The Theory of Evolution is a documented, carefully researched theory and it is a valid part of scientific history. Even if it were suddenly proved completely false, it would still have to be taught in a legitamate classroom as much as the Platonic sciences are. But then, it hasn't been disproved. So it remains a valid theory.
Besides, most folks who argue intelligent design against evolution have no clue what evolution actually is. Can we please educate their children at least so they don't sound as stupid as their parents do??
Creation ideas can happily be taught in a literature or comparative religions class. And then... who picks which creation myths are included and which are left out? Shall we include the Dreamtime? The turtle? The cosmic egg? The flying spaghetti monster?
My own "creation myth" if you will, involves Gaia, the self-created creatrix and Ouranos, the mate She created for Herself who was jealous of the powers of creation that She granted Him and would not allow them to be granted any others. And so He was deposed at Her order, and from His destruction was born Aphrodite and at that moment sexual reproduction and the power of mortals and Gods alike to create came into being. (Other than that, it's all pretty much evolution.)
Do I expect them to teach that in school? No. that's why I teach it at home. They can't get sex ed right, why should I expect them to get "Life the Universe and Everything" right? Is it so hard to supplement your childrens' education at home?
2006-10-24 10:16:33 · answer #4 · answered by kaplah 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually I know the schools around here are not allowed to teach I.D. or evolution so it is left up to parents to actually teach their children something for a change instead of having the schools raise the kids for them.
Blessed Be )O(
2006-10-23 15:19:56 · answer #5 · answered by Stephen 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not a matter of faith it's a matter of science. ID has no scientific backing at all. Therefore it should never be taught as science. Thus the bad guys here are not atheist or like minded people it's the religious crowd trying to teach dogma as science.
2006-10-23 15:14:41 · answer #6 · answered by brian L 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Atheist intolerant of other faiths????
You imbecil!
Other faiths are far less tolerant of other faiths!!
Divine beings are fantasy. The idea and feeling of a superior being that loves us and cares about is spawns from evolution. The idea that somebody is looking out for us all the time gives you a sensation of safety and well being. God is the product of evoluion. Just as being afraid of the dark is part of evolution.
Get a life you moron.
2006-10-23 15:09:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because it's junk science. I'm a Christian, and don't want to see I.D. taught in the schools. And if you want your children learning other viewpoints, why not teach them yourself? The schools are only the rudimentary starting point for a child's education, and the parents have to assume responsibility for informing their children, as well. This is particularly true when it comes to faith-based views, which the school has no business teaching, due to the separation of church and state.
2006-10-23 15:08:38 · answer #8 · answered by thaliax 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to leave your assumptions alone, because I don't feel like doing the research to verify them.
Why is it so darned necessary for this stuff to be taught in school? It's hardly a lengthy topic and would be over and done with in a day. God created the world in 7 days. Bam! That's it. Took me 3 seconds to type, 3 seconds to say. What is there that could be taught?
Parents are free to teach their children anything they wish. Poor kids. But there you go.
2006-10-23 15:41:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Since no two Pagans believe exactly the same thing.....I have no problem with evolution and find that the two can be fairly well merged without confusion.....
Also, ID is religious and faith based in nature and would violate the seperaton of church and state. Evolution has been scientifically proven......to some degree.
You're last statement sounds a bit fundy-ish........FYI
2006-10-23 15:09:03 · answer #10 · answered by PaganPoetess 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
What is the point of being tolerant to something you don't believe exists? There isn't a point to it.
Also, you have the right to teach your kids whatever you want. But, unless your children are enrolled in a religion based school, it is not the schools place to teach anything about faith and religion. Schools are supposed to teach facts.
2006-10-23 15:13:14 · answer #11 · answered by *karasi* 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋