2007-03-04 11:47:11 · 17 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In other words, how can we present evolution in science class in such a way that Fundamentalist Christians feel they are not being disrespected?
2007-03-05 01:33:46 · update #1
As long as there's a disclaimer, before the content is taught, I don't see a problem. I believe that they should also teach the creationism theory, preceeded by a similar disclaimer. Let the students decide what they want to believe.
2007-03-04 11:49:38 · answer #1 · answered by jimmyb20032003 2 · 3⤊ 6⤋
It doesn't matter if fundie xtians feel discounted.
Public schools teach science, not religion. Evolution is a science. Parents can teach their kids whatever they want at home, at church, or in a private school. But this push to put disclaimers on textbooks that talk about evolution is ludicrous. Why are we allowing ourselves to be yanked back to the dark ages?
People are saying that Evolution and Creationism are just two ways of looking at things. This is ridiculous. One (evolution) is a scientific discipline, on which many things we currently know to be true are based. Creationism is something that fundies drummed up to sound as if it were a science.
But it is not.
Science looks at data, and then comes to a conclusion.
Creationism began with its conclusion (God made everything) and then filled in the details.
We should not compromise scientific integrity because some very literal-minded folks would rather see us relive the Salem witch trials.
2007-03-04 20:06:00 · answer #2 · answered by pasdeberet 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, do they feel discounted when they teach the earth revolves around the sun, because that's in direct conflict with the Bible. This is basically a Christian nation; we've got god on the money and people swear on bibles in court. The fundies need to get over themselves. There's enough religion injected into our daily lives without their trying to muck up scientific fact with their bogus belief system.
Let the students decide? Are were talking about school here? Why not let them decide how to spell things or which parts of history they want to believe? Come on, fact is fact. I wish you'd give them as much chance to decide which religion they want to be or if they want one at all.
2007-03-04 19:52:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
both should be taught in school weather the pupils or even better the parents like it or not, jeez they rammed religion and Jesus down our throats as school even though half the pupils were not interested, you cant just pick one or the other, people need to be educated on both subjects weather they believe or not, and say after 2 years of this education they should get the choice of one or the other subject for farther education, I'm a non believer and my son is getting taught about Jesus right now at the age of 5 now I'm not ignorant to turn around to the school and say no i do not want my child educated in the subject because of what i believe and the same should go for the fundies they are just depriving there kids of a proper education, there kids will realise in the end anyway, but you cant tell the fundies because they know better they have the right blah blah blah
2007-03-04 19:57:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teach Evolution in science class.
Teach a separate class in *comparative* religion.
It's win-win for secularists, frankly, because an honest survey of religion and its history is the most devastating exhibit against belief.
2007-03-04 19:55:46 · answer #5 · answered by Brendan G 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was taught in the school I went to and is a requirement for bio majors at the university I go to.
2007-03-04 19:49:53 · answer #6 · answered by E.T.01 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope. If scientific facts conflict with your personal interpretations of the Bible - and hence with your religious beliefs - then the teaching of scientific facts won't sit well with you. But the truth is still the truth, and the facts are still the facts.
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2007-03-04 21:15:13 · answer #7 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolutionist Christians can suck it up. Evolutionary theory is on the cirriculum on most schools and failing to learn it puts a student at a major disadvantage. A student who doesn't know about evolutionary theory won't understand most of the rest of biology.
2007-03-04 19:50:55 · answer #8 · answered by DonSoze 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I think that the schools should tell both sides of the story. Let the students decide for themselves what they want to believe.
2007-03-04 19:55:34 · answer #9 · answered by Prayer Warrior 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Stop teaching it as stone cold fact and making students made to feel to be inferior if they dont buy naturalism. (atheism) Start teaching it only as a scientific theory like any other.
2007-03-04 19:57:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Evolution Got it Wrong;
From thinking too hard
Brain cells died
Hence confusion multiplied
By progressive thinking
Reversed order to chaos:
Behold, Evolution!
2007-03-04 19:51:16 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋