Edmond said:
It is bad enough to realize that only 1/3 of the American public accepts evolution as a viable theory after over 100 years of its dogma being exclusively taight in the public school systems.
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Well, yeah that would be pretty bad, and when American schools have been teaching Evolution exclusively for over 100 years it will be really bad. But American schools haven't been teaching evolution for over 100 years. It was illegal to teach evolution in some states around 80 years ago. Where did you get the "over 100 years" figure from? For crying out loud, the Scopes trial was held in 1925 and the act that led to it wasn't repealed until 1967. Is making things up a good way to prove your point?
By the way, evolution is still the
only explaination we have that fits all the evidence. If you don't like it, find a better one that fits all the evidence. Win the Nobel prize, become rich, (and donate it to charity or your church, if that's your thing) and find yourself admired the world over with a perfect platform to pass on your Gods message.
On the other hand, according to YEC's creationism, as the explaination for bio diversity, was the only thing taught for around 5900 years and it is now rejected by most of the world.
Moral? American schools are lousy at teaching biology because American schools are terrified of being accused of being Anti-Christian by fundamentalists YEC's and American school boards are allowed to dictate what will be taught in a science class, with little or no knowledge of what is actually accepted science.
If it takes a court case to actually make them teach science in science class, then something is seriously wrong with American schools.