Does it need to go through a voting process?
2007-03-09 12:11:46 · 34 answers · asked by San Antonio de Malarque 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
LOL! talk about foaming at the mouth when defending a 'theory'. and then they say Christians are so defensive.
God, please pity these people.
2007-03-09 12:31:05 · update #1
no its just a belif that is taught in school
2007-03-09 12:13:41 · answer #1 · answered by Jake L 3 · 2⤊ 8⤋
Descriptions of natural processes are rarely if ever written down as part of any country's legal code. You won't find the "law" of gravity in the constitution, the Bill of Rights, or anything every coming out of Washington, D.C. (or anywhere else!).
It doesn't make sense to put how the sun "rises" in the morning to a vote
(5 billion people say it's the rotation of the earth in orbit, 2 or 3 billion others think the earth is center of the universe, a few million still like the idea of the sun-god driving the chariot across the sky... NOTE: numbers not authentic; I'm just making a point).
Whether evolution is true or not has nothing to do with legal structures and everything to do with the nature of reality.
Now whether laws should be passed making teaching or not teaching evolution mandatory, that's a whole different issue.
2007-03-09 12:28:29 · answer #2 · answered by CaptainAustrailia 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you mean a statutory law, then it is not a law because there is no reason for the legislature to enact any law that requires evolution to be taught in school. There are virtually no laws that mandate the required subject matter taught in schools. Moreover, schools do not teach lessons because they are requried by law. For instance, there is no law requiring the teaching of the civil war, Newton's laws of physics, or Shakespeare. Regardless, those subjects are properly taught everywhere.
If you mean why is there no scientific principle called "The Law of Evolution" such as "Newton's Laws" or the "Law of Gravity" etc., then that is simply because evolution is not a simple process that is summed up in a short sentence or two. The finer details and understandings of how evolution works is better explained in an entire course of study.
The fact that evolution is undeniably witnessed by scientific research, theory, and study does not mean that it has to be a law in any sense.
2007-03-09 12:19:44 · answer #3 · answered by Andy P 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because "law" is based on repeated observation and has no explanatory value. Evolution hasn't been observed enough to be a law. It is an inference.
"Hubbell's Law states that the speed at which a distant galaxy is receding from Earth is directly proportional to its distance from Earth. It is based upon certain facts, including the red shifts in spectrographic analysis of light from a certain type of star. Big Bang "Theory" (Friedmann, LeMaitre, Gamov, et al), based upon The Theory of General Relativity (Einstein), explains why Hubbell's law is approximately true."
http://ola4.aacc.edu/jsfreeman/TheoryandLaw.htm
2007-03-09 12:16:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you Don't evolve, you die! just like religious beliefs - that's been dead for thousands of years now!
Evolution is as True as the sun, Earth, Wind and Fire!
lol @ Does it need to go thru a voting process?
Is religion LAW yet?
2007-03-09 12:17:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe evolution is totally true. I mean if we evolved from monkeys or apes then why in the hell are there still monkeys and apes. Are they retarded and that's why they didn't evolve. I think everything in history is half true. Just like Adam and Eve, if they were the only two humans, and she had two sons, then she would have to have mated with her sons and sons with sisters and so forth. And if that is the case, then wouldn't the human race be completely retarded and deformed by now. It's all crazy.
2007-03-09 12:26:56 · answer #6 · answered by Joretha I 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to the National Academy of Sciences, a theory is defined as "a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that can incorporate facts, laws, inferences and tested hypotheses" (National Academy of Sciences 1998: 7)
Maybe now you understand how a Theory is bigger than a Law.
Now, go to school and actually try to listen to your teacher.
2007-03-09 12:21:19 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How can you make knowledge a law? What would this law force you to do? A law about stealing stops me from stealing. A law for evolution would do what? It is not voted. The scientific community has to approve it, and the majority of scientists believe it is true.
2007-03-09 12:20:19 · answer #8 · answered by Dido 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Look up the scientific definition of Law and Theory.
2007-03-09 12:19:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the country is 64% Evangelical Chr*stian. If all of them vote, they determine things, and they don't believe in evolution. If creationism is so true, why isn't it law yet?
2007-03-09 14:06:42 · answer #10 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm...you mean like gravity is called the "law of gravity"? Technically, gravity is a theory too -
but evolution is not as simple; can't be put into a simple mathmatical formula, KWIM?
So that could explain why the term 'law' isn't used.
2007-03-09 12:17:15 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋