English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

will America lose thousands of future virologists and immunologists who then won't be around to fight major new (evolved) strains of virus and bacteria?

2007-02-15 03:26:36 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

17 answers

If Creationists get their way and ID gets taught in classrooms, if I have kids, I'm home schooling them. Mythology should not be taught in science classrooms.

2007-02-15 03:31:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5 2

I think the reason for his question is based on the fact that immunology and "virology" is based on micro levels of evolution. In fact, refuting evolution would make a creationist biologist unable to comprehend new strains of viruses, as they were not there previously.

HOWEVER: Intelligent design does admit that there are some traits that evolve. ID is not completely incompatible with evolution, ID just assums that we became what we are because God planned it. Thus new virus strains could be the result of God's plan, and a biologist who believes in ID would be able to deal with it. (He would question God's plan though.)

Even a creationist biologist would accept new strains of viruses simply by assuming they existed since the creation of earth and were previously undiscovered.

2007-02-15 03:35:32 · answer #2 · answered by ryushinigami 3 · 0 1

I think both "theories" should be taught, and let the students decide for themselves. Of course, If I were a teacher, I'd give them a thorough background in the scientific method first, so the students could see WHY Intelligent Design is such a poorly constructed theory... BUT - what's the harm in telling both stories? We get in trouble when we start censoring ANY idea, no matter how loony it may seem on its face.

2007-02-15 03:32:41 · answer #3 · answered by I hate friggin' crybabies 5 · 1 2

I don't speak for all creationists, but as for me I could care less if you taught evolution in school. All I want is for you to take the lies that the kids are subject to in the textbooks. I don't pay taxes for the schools to go around teaching lies about evolution. Such as gill slits, horse evolving etc. The state has a legal as well as moral right to take these lies out of our textbooks. That is all I want you don't have to believe what I believe just don't teach lies and tell them that it is the truth.

2007-02-15 06:00:03 · answer #4 · answered by Theoretically Speaking 3 · 0 2

I guess the schools would teach biblical medicine which consists of animal sacrifice and soaking ones body parts in the blood of the sacrificed animal combined with lots of praying.

2007-02-15 03:39:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

It won't make any difference, the kids will make their own decisions on what to believe.

Science and mathematics give us a way to look at the world in a way that we can understand it and find ways to improve our lives - kind of like spiritual beliefs. Scientific beliefs and religious beliefs are not mutually exclusive, but they generally cover different areas.

2007-02-15 03:29:55 · answer #6 · answered by scruffy 5 · 1 1

America will simply concede the future of research into biological science to Europeans and even as a European I wouldn't welcome that. That's why anti-American fundamentalists should be confronted head on.

2007-02-15 03:39:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Yes, but by that time the centre of world science will probably be China, so we're OK.

2007-02-15 03:31:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

That, my friend, is what school vouchers, private schools, and charter schools are for. The current state of American public education is an embarrassment, anyway.

2007-02-15 03:41:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

If Creationist get their way and ID is taught in science classrooms...im gonna stay home all day and watch videos like this
http://stupidvideos.com/video/animals/Crazy_Cat/

2007-02-15 03:30:34 · answer #10 · answered by kitty is ANGRY!™ 5 · 0 2

fedest.com, questions and answers