2007-01-02 18:59:34 · 19 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Somehow I doubt it. Look at all the ill-informed, defensive responses! I think you struck a nerve.
2007-01-02 19:09:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
** there is a difference between christian schools and catholic schools to the person above... the jesuits and catholics have a very established and progressive educational focus... the educations in these schools and universities are diverse and realistic. catholics generally do not take the bible literally, as other christians do. i was taught evolution in my 9th grade biology class at a catholic high school, and that was in the mid-90s. (and no i'm not catholic) **
that being said,
most people who have a christian background are brainwashed by the time they are teenagers and if they were taught evolution, they simply rejected it because it is not a simple concept to many, and having been spoon-fed lies about what evolution actually is by, say their pastors, since childhood, we can't expect them to actually learn with an unbiased mind.
and, as also stated above, many schools (mainly christian schools) teach creation, and in biology, omit the whole concept of the tree of life all together.
it's fear...
2007-01-02 19:15:16 · answer #2 · answered by iwa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Screw that, do they even understand the difference between science and religion? How many questions here are simply the same tired debate. I mean, sure, if they take the "well ID dictates that the true purpose of the appendix is to hold one's soul" stuff over to the science boards they won't get anything but laughter. Here at least they can get the satisfaction of knowing that ID is, in fact, just religion and paleontology is science but you'd think they'd just give up and admit that they have the only answer that IS religion and that they have nothing to contribute to the scientific debate.
[end rant]
2007-01-02 19:15:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably. But I'd expect even more if the high school you'll be going to is larger than the middle school you're at. I mean, since there will be more students in general. But some may mature over the summer, and maybe there will be a smaller ratio of the immature ones :)
2016-05-22 22:08:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did, but sadly they didn't teach it well enough to even really show why scientists believe in Evolution. No evidence was presented. So I'm eager to take Biology and Microbiology in college next quarter.
2007-01-02 19:04:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Prof. Chung-Il Cho, Biology Education
Dr. James Allan, Geneticist
Dr. Steve Austin, Geologist
Prof. Vladimir Betina, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Biology
Dr. Andrew Bosanquet, Biology, Microbiology
Dr. Douglas Dean, Biological Chemistry
Dr. Neil Huber, Physical Anthropologist
Dr. John Marcus, Molecular Biologist
Dr. Joachim Scheven, Palaeontologist
Make of it what you want to...but I would hazard a guess that they did receive a 9th grade biology class.
2007-01-02 19:08:41 · answer #6 · answered by Serena 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
The problem with evolution vs creation is that the creationists believe that the earth was created old. Meaning that when the earth was created some 5 thousand years ago, it was created with fossils in the crust already.
You really cannot argue with that. It is a belief.
2007-01-02 19:03:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
What would a science teacher know? That's almost as bad as being a scientist. Facts. Facts. Facts. That's all they want to talk about.
Where's their creativity?
2007-01-02 19:12:13 · answer #8 · answered by homo erectus 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Book of Genesis tells us that everything was created by God—nothing "evolved." Every creature was given the ability to reproduce after its own kind as is stated ten times in Genesis. Dogs do not produce cats. Neither do cats and dogs have a common ancestry. Dogs began as dogs and are still dogs. They vary in species from Chihuahuas to Saint Bernards, but you will not find a "dat" or a "cog" (part cat/dog) throughout God’s creation. Frogs don’t reproduce oysters, cows don’t have lambs, and pregnant pigs don’t give birth to rabbits. God made monkeys as monkeys, and man as man.
Each creature brings forth after its own kind. That’s no theory; that’s a fact. Why then should we believe that man comes from another species? If evolution is true, then it is proof that the Bible is false. However, the whole of creation stands in contradiction to the theory of evolution.
2007-01-02 19:02:34 · answer #9 · answered by I_Need_Help 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Yes, but they flunked because they were completely focused on memorizing the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
2007-01-02 19:02:16 · answer #10 · answered by HarryTikos 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋