if it does, why does the school teach it even if they can't teach other religions such as christianity?
2007-08-16 10:36:01 · 15 answers · asked by fWHattt!! 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
uh....so are you saying that they should teach evolution cuz its true?
2007-08-16 10:45:46 · update #1
Not only does evolutionary theory not require faith, it looks down on it. So no, evolution is about as far from a religion as you can get.
Michael- out of curiosity, where exactly does the bible mention evolution? Or Darwin? Or science? I'd be really interested to see that passage!
2007-08-16 10:42:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is not a religion, but a theory. Atheism is a religion that supports Evolution. So is the same in Creation. Many Religions support Creation.
I do wish they would bring Christian teachings back in our schools. I can only pray that God's will be done. Maybe our country will learn from it's mistakes.
2007-08-16 19:15:39 · answer #2 · answered by Sir Narnian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is a fact and a theory. The "theory" aspect of it addresses how it works, which gets updated with new information. The fact that it does work and is how life came to be complex over millions of years is universally acknowledged by all but the most brainwashed denialists.
Since evolution has nothing to do with faith or god, it is not a religion. It does not take faith to "believe" in evolution. It takes a simple education and an open mind to see that it is obviously true.
2007-08-16 17:47:54 · answer #3 · answered by Earl Grey 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is not religion. It is scientific and has been proven far beyond theory. The origin of man via evolution does yet remain theory though.
2007-08-16 18:12:34 · answer #4 · answered by Just! Some? *Dude* 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not a religion. It is a systematic study of the mechanisms producing the diversity of life on Earth. It is tightly based on evidence. The fact that is contradicts some unfounded religious doctrines does not make it a religion.
2007-08-16 18:40:41 · answer #5 · answered by novangelis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is part of science, and specifically is a scientific theory. Thus it is taught in science class. It is in no way a religion.
2007-08-16 17:56:37 · answer #6 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The theory of evolution is as religious as number theory. That is to say, they're both science and not religion.
2007-08-16 17:43:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Sigh.
No, it's not a religion. Religion requires you to take things on faith, meaning without proof. Evolution is a well documented, reproducable, fully supported by evidence, scientific theory.
2007-08-16 17:42:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
they do teach about christianity, in history.
evolution is a theory with widespread support due to uh.... making sense and having much evidence to support it.
2007-08-16 17:43:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
its taught in schools because it isnt religion. it is a scientific theory that explains the progression of life over the billions of years there has been life. plus there is mountains proof. (not literal mountains)
2007-08-16 17:44:17 · answer #10 · answered by god_of_the_accursed 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋