Do you think that the schools should stop teaching the theory of evolution?

Question

Why or why not?

Answer 1

Wow so much sarcasm here...I see people talking about the Law of gravity as if it were a theory...it's already been proven a law...evolution has not been tested nor has it been proven. There is no tangible evidence...if you want to take the carbon dating, it is only effective in the absence of water and other contaminates...that is why it is still a theory.
If they want to teach it, they should teach the parts that are true...not the hokey stuff that is not proven at all. Micro evolution is adaptation and survival of the fittest...those are the only parts that are tangible evidence of anything we can call evolution. The fossil records do not show any creatures between stages of development or Macro-evolution--which would mean an ape bore a human child. How many apes at the zoo do you see giving birth to human children?

Answer 2

If we must teach the theory of evolution, then we should also introduce all the other ideas about where things come from. Some of the answerers here believe that theory and fact are the same thing I think...a theory is something that has not been proven. Scientific facts and scientific laws are concrete and testable...nobody can test evolution cause nobody can create life from non-living matter and watch it evolve. Science class is no place for a theory to be taught as fact. When I was a public educator, I was told that I could teach Creation as long as I taught it equally with the evolution. In my science section, since there is so little time in California schools devoted to anything except teaching kids how to pass the 'no-child-left-behind' testing...we were forced to focus on reading and arithmetic...I kept the evolution and Creation session to a minimum, since the rest of the science section was to show them the evidence that things can grow if we treat them properly...etc. I told the students there are some people who believe that animals developed into more complex animals over time...and there are other people that believe a powerful force some call God, others call Allah, etc. Created animals the way they are, with ability to adapt to change. Then I took a poll, and saw that everyone in the class believed that God was the Creator. I told the children that was fine to believe in God. Then I told them that was the last time we would discuss the theory of evolution and Creation...cause there was so little time in the rest of the school year to argue over things that are not tangible to young people. The evidence that plants grow from seeds and do well in sunlight with watering...do poorly without sunlight...and don't do anything without watering was an exciting thing for them.

Answer 3

        I say there's nothing wrong with teaching the Theory of Evolution -- just stop lying about it and saying that science supports it in any way, shape, or form. Also, stop teaching it as part of a science curriculum. Create a new course category and call it, something like, "Origins Theory" and teach both Creation and Evolution.

You see, originally, Evolution encompassed:
• The Big Bang
• Macro-Evolution
• Micro-Evolution

Then, science learned more and Evolution became only:
• Macro-Evolution
• Micro-Evolution

Now, science has learned even more and the Evolutionists are dancing in the streets because they can now prove the entire Evolutionary Theory -- but it is now only about:
• Micro-Evolution

        As you can see, I, a Creationist, readily admit that micro-evolution is real and provable. The problem with this is that micro-evolution can neither prove nor suggest the Origin of the Universe. It also can neither prove nor suggest the Origin of Life. It also can neither prove nor suggest the Origin of the Species. Micro-evolution can only prove changes within a species -- more correctly known as Adaptation.

God bless.

Answer 4

No. The theory of evolution is the theory which best fits the evidence in the fossil record and animals alive today which explains the taxonomic division of living things (among countless other "oddities").

It is well documented, and all modern biology is based on it.

Edit: True, it should be taught as a theory, just like the theory of gravity, the atomic theory, and the theory of relativity. While we're at it, we can educate people on what it means when something is called a scientific theory. It's curious to me why we should let politicians decide what our students should learn when it comes to science. It's not like we let them decide when it comes to math... we leave that to the mathematicians.

Answer 5

No. they should continue to teach scientific theories like evolution, gravity, germs, etc, etc.

The truth is they don't do a very good job with teaching evolution. They need to spend more time.

Answer 6

Only to the extent that schools should stop teaching the theory of gravity, the theory of elemental chemistry, and all mathematics.

Answer 7

No... because schools are a place to disseminate truth, and evolutionary theory is factual and true.

They should ALSO teach children that "theory" in the context of science means something completely different than it does in layman's terms.

Answer 8

No, it's a theory based on science much like the theory of relativity etc. etc. Therefore it should be taught as a scientific theory.

Answer 9

Why would we do that? Do you want to stop teaching the Theory of Gravity too?

Answer 10

No. We are ranked 21 out of 30 industrial countries. I think we need to teach our kids MORE don't you?

And then you have people like KJV above me here who want to blame God being taken out school for shoddy parenting. Correlation does NOT equal causation. Oh wait! That was science! Oops!