So if I went into a Sunday School class and taught evolution?

Question

would Christians be ok with that? I mean, those kids have a right to learn about what others believe right?

I never said I agree with evolution, I said what if we taught it. Thats only fair right?

Answer 1

I am a Christian, send my kids to Catholic school, and I make darn sure they know about evolution.

The importance of the Genesis story is the relationships between God, man and Creation. The details are irrelevent, and couched in a frame of reference of a nomadic goat-herd of 6000 years ago. I don't share that frame of reference, but I inderstand the meaning of the story. There is nothing that tells me to check my brain when I enter church or deny the evidence that is plain to see.

I teach my children that the brush strokes of the artist illuminate the mind of the artist. I have a much richer appreciation for god by discerning the details of HOW he managed creation. To make a comper graphic analogy, fundies who buy the genesis story literally see God with an 8-color palette at 640x480 resolution.

Joe, Enamel, please give it up. You make christians look bad. Do please educate yourselves before you start making idiotic statements.

Answer 2

If you went into a Sunday School class and taught evolution and the members of the church didn't know the Word of God, they would believe your evolution.

What Sunday School should be teaching is what God says about Creation and how evolution is wrong in the eyes of God. The Word of God says 6 literal days of Creation and not millions and billions of years. The Word of God says behemoth (dinosaur) was walking around in Job's day. The Word of God says death didn't come into the world until Adam and Eve sinned. The Word of God says that rebellious Nimrod, wife Semarimis and son Tammuz started all of the false religions from Babylon - Tower of Babel.

Instead of evolutionists teaching the Christians, the Christians should be teaching the evolutionists the Word of God. Fossils can be made in hours, very quickly. They don't take millions and billions of years. The same is true with rock layers.

Man has always rebelled against God, because Satan makes sure of that.

Answer 3

No. Why would they? They DO learn it in school.....so really shouldn't the question be if we can be forced to learn something that is against our religion then why was it so hard to get a class about the Bible in school which is an elective and even more so the teacher is not allowed to teach interpretations it is strictly a literature class. So your question is invalid because the Christians children in public schools (which is the majority) are forced to learn about it. So please don't target Chrsitians when we have to learn about what others believe but it could be a crime for me to try and get others to learn what I believe.

Answer 4

Evolution confirms the Bible actually. Evolution started ( in the western culture) from Darwin, what is now called Darwinism. Most people don't know that Darwin actually refuted evolution in regards with it replacing creationism as he learned more.

Evolution seeks to explain life empirically. Read the "case for Christ" by Lee Strobel a well known atheist (amazon.com) Who not only defended evolution but was a very staunch defender for atheism. His heart was changed not by faith but by empirical evidence. He then went into believing Christ by faith.

http://www.born-again-christian.info/sinners.prayer.htm

Answer 5

It wouldn't be fair if you came into a nonevolution class and taught it because those people are there to be taught about Christ. I could see if you wanted to talk about it and get opinions, but teaching it is a totally different concept.
But that's ultimately up to the people in the class.

Answer 6

Religious teachings fall under Philosophy and the Humanities. Scientific teachings fall under the Physical Sciences. The two are like apples and oranges and their venues of instruction should not overlap. "Intelligent Design" or "Creationism" should never be taught in a science classroom because it is not based in scientific theory and "Evolution" should never be taught in religion classrooms because it is not based in religious philosophy.

Answer 7

It seems to be. They always insist that the alternative ideas to evolution need to be taught (science or not). In addition to inviting you to present evolution, the should be sending out for a representative of LaVeyan Satanism, unless, of course, they are just turning to empty rhetoric.

Answer 8

I think that we all go to certain classes to learn different things.
Science and religion are two different things.
If we should learn about what others believe in Sunday school then different religions should be taught all in one class.

If we combine science and religion in schools then we should teach all theories of science and religion.

There are just to many different religious theories to implement it in our schools.

This is why freedom of religion and the separation between church and state are so important.

Answer 9

You would go way up my "coolest people alive" list.

For those of you who believe there is no evidence supporting biological evolution, here are some things for you to consider:

Human chomosome #2
The panda's thumb
Archaeopteryx
Genetic similarities between different species
The development of pesticide resistant insects

Answer 10

Not really, there is a time and place for everything. Religion in church science in school. As a Christan I do not believe that Creationism or intelligent design whatever we are calling it today should be taught in school. If you can not reinforce your philosophy in church then that is the fault of the parents and the church. There is a reason for separation of church and state and we need to keep religion out of school and science out of church.