Why do Christians spend so much time and money trying to ban Evolution from our schools?

Answer 1

1st, let me say it's not all Christians--I believe evolution happened; God started the process (hey, that's my worldview, & I am perfectly content in it). I know other active Christians who also feel that way.
So. Those who spend all their time & $$$ trying to ban it? I think some of them are feeling lost. Their beliefs have been severely questioned, particularly if they are very conservative or fundamentalist, and now they are lost & trying to regain some measure of control.
Others really seem to think that they know the only path of righteousness and try to impose it upon everyone else. The problem with that is some of those being imposed upon might agree with it or some of it but resent having forced upon them.
Still others hate our (admittedly) materialistic & secularized society & want to go back to the way things were.
The way I see it is what they all have in common is a lack of understanding that nothing remains the same forever, and all things must change. Religion in general is very slow to acknowledge some of these changes (I ought to know--I'm Catholic. Glaciers have nothing on the Catholic Church sometimes)

Answer 2

Not all are trying to ban, just make it so there is a freedom of choice in school which at the minute the curriculum is not providing.
Christians will say evolution is a theory with major holes. Science will say christianity is a faith with major holes. So why teach one and not the other?
Everybody is blaming religion for the trouble in the world today, hence science is the more universally politically correct choice. However, its not religion causing problems its the preaching of intolerance. It seems religion and science are both guilty of preaching intolerance.
Obviously its a very divided subject but why the need to resort to ridicule, why is there not more acceptance? Its the racism and prejudice mentality, it never goes away the subject just changes. Its the children I feel sorry for.

Answer 3

I am a Christian and I support the teaching of evolution in schools along with all of the facts that support the theory.

Intelligent design should also be taught in public schools along with all of the facts that support the theory.

Any theory that has a substantial fact-based and historicity to it should be taught as a theory of earth's beginnings.

The Bible says God blesses those that test what they learn, no matter whom they have learned it from. Not only would we equip our youth by giving them the facts from other perspectives, but we would also be protecting them. There are a lot of nuts out there that use religion as a veil to things that they ought not be doing.

Answer 4

What they want is Creationism in the schools, not so much evolution out of it. It's their back way of getting the Bible (and Christianity) in the classrooms. Don't believe it? It's true. The publishers of "Of Pandas and People" had documents in their possession flat out stating as much and they were tied in with some local ministers. They were subpoenaed and brought before a judge when the school district in Dover, Pennsylvania got sued for trying to have "Intelligent Design" taught in the classroom!

Answer 5

" yet how do you truly understand whilst the earth replace into created ? " We dont thats no longer what evolution is evolution isn't any concerning to the advent of the international and at no factor deals with the advent of earth "and how are you able to understand for a certainty that we superior from monkeys?" incorrect back we share a worry-unfastened ancestor with APES no longer! monkeys Why dont you purely tell your kidfs to no longer pay attention proper such as you of course didnt You of course have learnt no longer something problem solved EDIT As for the carbon relationship argument im extra vulnerable to hearken to the evaluations PHD qualified scientists than your opinion as a guy or woman who did no longer pay adequate interest in school to even understand what evolution is

Answer 6

Christians are not a close minded community, and do not want their children taught to be close minded. The Question should be, why don't you want your child exposed to alternative thinking. The more facts you have, the better the chance your child will have to make an intelligent decision, and we all must decide for ourselves.

Answer 7

Evolution directly contradicts the Bible. It proves that God did not pick up dirt and breathe it to life. If Genesis is proved untrue, the rest of the bible falls apart as well.

Those Christians who see the writing on the wall have begun to accept evolution and find ways to make Genesis one of those stories that isn't supposed to be taken literally. Many refuse to accept that position.

They will continue to fight to have religion taught in schools instead of science. Their favorite line is "It's just a theory". Proving only that they have no idea at all of what a scientific theory is. It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

Answer 8

Because they can't take the hint that science doesn't validate literal interpretations of bronze age myths.

Some are actually idealistic. They believe that evolution is not science (40% of U.S. public, 2% of scientists). The problem is that their ministries lie to them, and they buy into it like children listening to a parent. It's sad, actually, because the churches are perpetuating deceit to get the public opinion on their side, and ultimately religion into schools.

Note to Nicole: Gravity is a theory too, smarty. I suggest reading up on the scientific theory, and coming to your own conclusions aside from a parent, preacher, or what "feels" right.

Note to chst h:

Your criticism is that science doesn't teach alternative theories. Well I say, what about Astronomy? An Astronomy class may teach many theories about the end of the universe, such as Heat Death, the Big Rip, Big Crunch, or Big Freeze, all opposing. But the difference is that these theories are drawn from scientific observation. Unlike intelligent design, which is pseudoscience.

Teaching ID in a biology class is the equivalent of saying in an Astronomy course that the universe is 6,000 years old, to compete with the theory of the Big Bang. Or offering "alternative medicines" like homeopathy in a medical course, though it has not been proven effective.

The problem with ID is that it doesn't meet the science, not about excluding other views.

Note to G-sus saves's:

No reputable science course in a public school would claim that there is no god, or that there is one. We separate church from public dollars. Evolution is a scientific theory supported by endless facts concerning the fossil record and genetics.

If you don't think that your children should be exposed to science due to your religious views, then I suggest that you consider private education that gives you what you want.

Public funding means that everybody pays for it. I don't think that my tax dollars should fund a classroom that teaches children a religious perspective masquerading as science.

Answer 9

Because the last plausible excuse for believing in a creator died when Darwin published his Origin of Species, but Christians just haven't accepted it yet.

Answer 10

Because they feel that they are right in their beliefs and that everyone else is wrong. They feel that their way is the only right way, in their minds they are only doing what is best for everyone else.
I think they should just spend that money and send their kids to a christian school if they're that worried about it.