Why is evolution taught in our schools?

[DogmaHunter]

No - faith is fine. But it should be seen for what it is.

Disagree. Faith is about the worst reason you can have to believe something.
In fact, faith is what you invoke when you have NO actual reasons to believe something.

Don't remember who said it, but it's worth repeating:
"Faith is what you need to believe those things that you know ain't true".

 

[Colter]

That life was created is the domain of religion, that it evolved is the domain of science.

 

[AV1611VET]

Don't remember who said it, but it's worth repeating:
"Faith is what you need to believe those things that you know ain't true".

Author: Mark Twain
Propagator: Academia

Academia owes our martyrs an apology.

ETA: I just googled the word "propagator" to make sure I spelled it correctly, and this definition came up:

"a covered, typically heated container filled with earth or compost,"

That is so on-target.

Academia: both worldly and ... well ... compost.

 

[AV1611VET]

VirOptimus, I just edited my post with an ETA.

Do you still want to rate it "Optimistic"?

 

[xianghua]

So what? The evidence for evolution is still overwhelming

i dont think so. there is no evidence that human and banana share a common descent. its just s belief.

 

[DogmaHunter]

Author: Mark Twain

Thanks.

Propagator: Academia
Academia owes our martyrs an apology.

ETA: I just googled the word "propagator" to make sure I spelled it correctly, and this definition came up:

"a covered, typically heated container filled with earth or compost,"

That is so on-target.

Academia: both worldly and ... well ... compost.

yawn

 

[JackRT]

Disagree. Faith is about the worst reason you can have to believe something.

The opposite of faith is not doubt. The opposite of faith is certainty.

 

[VirOptimus]

VirOptimus, I just edited my post with an ETA.

Do you still want to rate it "Optimistic"?

Yes.

 

[DogmaHunter]

i dont think so.

Fortunatly, science doesn't really care what you think.

there is no evidence that human and banana share a common descent.

Except the genetic facts, but who cares about facts, right...

 

[DogmaHunter]

The opposite of faith is not doubt. The opposite of faith is certainty.

No, the opposite of (religious) faith, is evidence.

 

[xianghua]

If taught properly, students will learn the fact that humans and all other known species share common ancestors

why you call it a "fact" when its clearly not?

I cannot reproduce my own birth in the lab.

but you can reproduce other births in front of your eyes. on the other hand- you cant reproduce how a fish evolve into human. its a big difference.

 

[xianghua]

For the same reason that algebra and chemistry are taught in public schools.

so we should teach id science too.

 

[DogmaHunter]

why you call it a "fact" when its clearly not?

Because he's actually an active, working, publishing, professional geneticist who knows better then a random internet surfing religious fundamentalist, such as yourself.

but you can reproduce other births in front of your eyes.

No, not a single birth can be reproduced.
Not his, not anyone else's.

 

[DogmaHunter]

so we should teach id science too.

There's no such thing.

 

[Tolworth John]

he reason is because science class teaches science and religion is not science.

Please have the honesty to recognise and support the truth.
Science classes when teaching about evolution are not teaching science but the accepted idea of how life arose and adapted.

If they were teaching science of evolution they would compare evolution to the science behind creation ideas and demonstrate how science works as these ideas are compared.
if evolution as demonstratably superior no oe would believe it.

 

[xianghua]

Fortunatly, science doesn't really care what you think.

actually most scientists believe in higher power. are you believe in higher power now?

Except the genetic facts, but who cares about facts, right...

its not a "genetic facts" but a personal interpretation of the genetic facts. see the difference?

 

[xianghua]

There's no such thing.

as there is no such thing as "evolution science". as we already seen here:Why evolution isn't scientific

 

[DogmaHunter]

Please have the honesty to recognise and support the truth.

I do.
The truth is that biology (evolution) is science and religion (creationism) is not.

Science classes when teaching about evolution are not teaching science but the accepted idea of how life arose and adapted.

Gratz, you managed to get 2 things wrong in a single sentence.
1. evolution is not about how life arose
2. evolution theory is a well established scientific theory that forms the backbone of biology

If they were teaching science of evolution they would compare evolution to the science behind creation ideas

There is no science behind creation ideas. There are 2 things behind creation ideas:
1. arguments from incredulity concerning actual biology
2. the bible

and demonstrate how science works as these ideas are compared.

How evolution works is demonstrated in biology classes, assuming the science teacher knows what he is talking about.

if evolution as demonstratably superior no oe would believe it.

huh?
I think/hope you mispoke there, because what you wrote made no sense at all.

 

[DogmaHunter]

actually most scientists believe in higher power.

Which you are not and which is irrelevant to the science.
Most scientists also accept evolution. And by "most", I mean "practically all of them".

are you believe in higher power now?

No.

its not a "genetic facts" but a personal interpretation of the genetic facts.

No, it's not.

 

[DogmaHunter]

as there is no such thing as "evolution science". as we already seen here:Why evolution isn't scientific

I'ld link all peer reviewed publications concerning evolution in actual science journals, but I don't feel like posting more then 200.000 links.