Is it really so bad if your kids learn about evolution?

Question

On the heels of my last question:

I mean, surely you can unteach them when they get home or convince them not to really listen. And it is important to know your enemies, right? Is the fact that public schools teach evolution really worth retarding your child's development and education with home-schooling or some private school that doesn't have to meet the same standards as public schools?

Don't you think it's important to at least expose your kids to evolution so they can make intelligent arguments against it, if that's what you're determined to have them do?

Answer 1

I'm ashamed to think that there are people out there depriving their kids of a decent education in the name of religious indoctrination. Why not let the child receive a proper education and let them decide when they're old enough?

I'll be ensuring my kids learn about as much as they can in terms of religion and culture despite not being remotely religious myself - I want to be a real parent. They deserve to learn as much as they can. The same should really apply to those who don't believe in the facts of evolution.

A shame really.

Answer 2

The question you are really asking is..."why not take resonsibility for your own children's knowledge base instead of expecting the public schools to spoonfeed them your beliefs?" Well, ppl in religions that oppose evolution are from 'spoonfed, book based' religions, and have been in the majority for a long while now. They are spoiled and reacting with a tantrum - ie. demanding that creationism be taught. Unfortunately, this is not surprising and not likely to change soon. They honestly would prefer that their children be ignorant than to take the chance that their children might be weaned from the 'spoon' and become thinking individuals. The book based religions of the world believe in ignorance for the masses, as ignorant people are easier to control and make better worker bees....after all keep your nose down here and you will have a great reward in the afterlife. It is the big machine....of course they will react, deny and oppose people, ideas and truths that threaten to throw a wrench into the works.

Answer 3

You would benefit from a little more education yourself. You do not know anything about evolution and the average christian is just like you. When you only read or listen or watch things that your preacher tells you is o.k. you will miss out on a lot. Are you so weak minded that even learning about other ideas is a threat to you? Before you discount evolution you should learn about it. No one can truly argue a topic that they know nothing about. You should NEVER form an opinion based on second hand information. Learn about it for yourself.

You child should learn everything in this world that there is to learn. Being ignorant and stupid is not a good thing.

Answer 4

I don't want anyone telling my children that "there is no ultimate authority to answer to, and besides, they are just animals anyway" let alone teaching it to them day after day for years!

Sooner or later they are bound to use this as an excuse to try to justify some sin or to try to get away with this or that, or just to go along mindlessly with the crowd. They are precious individuals and need to think about the truth with a sound mind.

Children should not be exposed to drugs or porn or adult bars and so on, why expose them to this heavy duty stuff if you don't have to? If you feel that you must, it is much better to teach them how to live their lives than to expose them to these things. Which is better, teaching them how to live their lives properly and how to handle their problems, or exposing them to alcohol?

I found out a long time ago that the truth conquers any scientific theory or so-called facts. True science deals with the truth. Just teach them the truth and when they come across the lies, there will be no problem answering them, especially when their minds are full of real science.

Answer 5

It's not bad. If you don't believe in it, it's fine to learn about what others believe in. It's good for them to understand what has become the generally accepted theory when it comes to science. They need to know both sides of the argument and understand why so many people believe in it. I suppose the big 'risk' is that the kids decide that the Bible is totally wrong. I'm assuming that's what parents are afraid of. It's pretty sad if they fear that their child's faith may be shattered that easily. I do know many people that have found a way to believe in both somehow. My mom is one of the people that believe in Creation but still understands that lifeforms adapt and change over time. She feels she knows as much as she needs to know and she doesn't care about the details. I'm not a Creation person at all but I'd still want my kids to understand that as well.

Answer 6

It is like putting them in a snake pit and hoping they don't get bit. It is like teaching a lie and upholding it. To teach millions and billions of years when no one knows what happened back then. Is this intelligent? Evolution has done nothing but divide this country. The theory is taught as fact. The bones of evolving species have all been lies and fraud. This evil against God has infiltrated every history and science book in public schools. It is never smart to expose children to lies, frauds and untrue knowledge. How much more evolution do you think this country can stand? If families had the money, the majority of children would be in private schools. Most Americans would close the public schools. Secular Humanists brought in Evolution knowing it would turn the youth of this nation against God. You have mothers and grandmothers begging the schools and universities to not lie to their children and grandchildren. It doesn't take a Philadelphia Lawyer to realize that evolution should not be taught to our youth. TV has enough falsehood without evolution being taught in schools. Just the facts in schools. We have been wandering in the wilderness in America for the past 40 years with evolution. It is time to give our children a chance at knowing other options to the origin of life. It is time to stop removing history from history books.

Answer 7

No, because there aren't many intelligent arguments against evolution. Teaching children a distorted version of 'what evilutionist believe' (people grew from rocks! apes had sex and made humans!) means that the kids won't consider evolution. If evoultion is taught at school as fact, there's a slim chance the child might fall to Satan/truth; and when you equate science with Satan, that's a big motive to not let your kids be exposed to it.

Answer 8

Although I do not believe evolution, I think it is important to teach my children about it, and I have every intention of doing just that.

Sending a child to a christian school is about more than learning creationsim. There was another poster who asked why christians do not know much about their own religion, I have to tell you, after my education I can probably hold my own with many preachers.

Answer 9

Truth will win out - they're concerned that the logic of ToE will lead them away from religion. But Exposure to ToE is critical.

“More cases of loss of religious faith are to be traced to the theory of evolution… than to anything else.” –Martin Lingis

"In a better world, science teachers would teach creationism along with evolution as an exercise in critical thinking." -- Katha Pollitt

Answer 10

Not at all, if it was being taught correctly.

Darwin's theory has been repeatedly proven impossible and false. A form of evolution, in which we adapt and change over time, is entirely fact and is not disputed. The idea that we evolved from beings from the ocean is not fact, and is not even scientifically defensible.