Teach both theories! Not just evolution.?

Question

Afterall, we don't want our kids to be biased. But what's the other theory?

(By theory, i mean an explanation based on intelligent reasoning and evidence.)

If you didn't get the humor, I'm implying that the theory of evolution is the only respectable theory.

Answer 1

There is no "other" scientific theory to explain how species change and appear over time.

Evolution happens. We do not know every complete aspect of every particular process, but we know a massive amount from massive evidence of it happening in the past and from it's occurrence before our eyes. As long as life exists, evolution happens. Essentially that means "creation" is also ongoing.
Evolution implies no particular direction, changes may be benign, beneficial to survival potential or even lead to dead ends.
If evolution didn't happen we wouldn't be concerned about bird flu for instance.

Evolutionary theory is the cornerstone of modern medicine and biology. More is understood and being learned about it's processes every day than we know about many other theories. There is more objective physical evidence for evolution happening than for gravitons, yet the theory of gravity isn't challenged because it doesn't threaten a SELF-CONCEPT of humanity based on indoctrination into a fundamentalist literalist interpretation of Genesis. Evolutionary theory is not an atheist agenda. Scientific method and biology do not address the issue of deity to either support or negate a concept of an omnipotent creator. Religious dogma is not scientific method.
Those who rail against our knowledge of life proccesses now are no different than those misguided souls in the Middle Ages who called astronomers "heretics" for asserting that contrary to the Bible, the earth revolved around the sun and NOT as it stated, the sun revolving around the earth.

There is no "debate" or other "theory". The courts have rightfullly determined that the dogma of "Intelligent Design" and "Creationism" simply do NOT fit the STEPS of SCIENTIFIC METHOD and therefore are not appropriate for science curriculums. Creation stories of various religions belong in subjects of a religious nature such as Comparative Religion orHistory of Religion

Answer 2

Any explanation based on intelligent reasoning and evidence is just as absurd as an explanation based on faith or personal belief.

There is nothing that grounds reasoning and evidence as being the correct method for determining sound explanations. You have faith in the faculty of human intellect while others have faith in the existence of a divine being. But from where I am standing, both of you are rowing the same boat. To me belief is synonymous with theory. You have exchanged God as the highest power for human reason, which is simply a much more vain absurdity.

So it matters not what theory you teach. Because as long as you operate under the crass, naieve assumption that your beliefs or theories about the world are actually grounded in some fashion outside of your own, personal conviction, you are only deluding people.

When wielding the "sword of reason" be careful not to cut yourself.

Answer 3

Q: What does I. D. teach?

A: Intelligent Design (or I.D.) teaches the principle of Science Harmoniously Integrating Theology (or S.H.I.T.) as a way to unite those who believe in Creation and Evolution into a single harmonious group.

Q: You teach S.H.I.T.?

A: Yes, the more you look at Intelligent Design, the more you will find it's quite full of S.H.I.T.

Q: Who would believe this S.H.I.T.?

A: I.D. will appeal to Evolutionists, Creationists and Agnostics, as shown by the Tenets of I.D.:

* There are proven gaps in scientific knowledge.
* Intelligence leaves behind a characteristic signature (like an artist) of logical progression through a series of systematic methodical stages.
* The gaps in science are filled in by acts of a Designer.
* The scientific study of fossil records reveals these signatures again and again.
* God Created the process of Evolution!
* Evolution shows the existence of God!

Glory be to ID

Coming soon to a school near you

Answer 4

Well, if a competing theory to evolution comes along and picks up enough interest in the science community, I believe the should and will. So far, there's only one theory though, and with the mountains of evidence backing it up and its amazing predictive power, it will probably stay that way

Answer 5

So infants are going to think of all books are written in English, because of the fact books written in different languages are studied in different classes and not English Literature? Creationism _isn't_ a medical concept. it may't be. If it grow to be an concept it may be blown out of the water, because of the fact it falls down on each and every of the standards for theories to be familiar. that's area of non secular faith which has diverse regulations and conventions. how are you able to probable attempt to coach infants how theories, and medical data and data, paintings, in case then you definitely upload in a "concept" which has _no_ linked medical data and data? you need to pass away and study up on what an concept is, urgently, or you're heading for ridicule and an F. you are going to be able to additionally prefer to be conscious that this is thoroughly prevalent for infants outdoors the U. S. to verify the two related to the concept of evolution and related to the non secular perception of advent - yet Creationism is _never_ taught as a medical concept. How do they comprehend the style? Ask a number of them - you have the internet! Your cutting-edge elaboration is extremely like me writing an essay whose elaboration includes speculating approximately what it may be like if the united kingdom wasn't the sole English-speaking u . s . a . interior the international. back, all you're doing along with your logic is to make your self look _staggeringly_ sick-pronounced.

Answer 6

Yes. I vote that in addition to teaching the theory of gravity, we should also be teaching the equally plausible theory that we actually remain on earth because the Flying Spaghetti Monster pushes us down with his noodly appendages.

After all, we wouldn't want our kids to be biased

Answer 7

Ah, now I get it. At first I thought you were implying that schools should teach both evolution and creation. I was going to say that if parents want their kids to learn the creation story, that's their responsibility, since it's a religious teaching.

Answer 8

There are no other theories which accept reality other than evolution. Non-realistic theories include the Matrix idea that we are all brains in boxes and our reality is not real. They also include the idea that all of this is just my imagination and I am the only being in the universe. The theory that god magicked everything into existence 6000 years ago is in this realm.

The debate in science is not over evolution but over the mechanisms of evolution. Traditional natural selection versus sexual selection; gradualism versus punctuated equilibrium; even local life genesis versus panspermia. None of them question the fact of evolution.

Answer 9

The Dover trial showed that there is no other theory to teach.

The ID guru Behe admitted that if ID was science then astrology and tarot cards were also science.


ID is dead, it just has not stopped twitching yet. I wonder what catchy buzz word the creationists will come up with for their next attempt to push their religion into the science class.

Answer 10

Then they should also teach the alternate theory of addition where 1 + 1 = 11