Do You Believe in Evolution?

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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

The overwhelming agreement in the scientific community is that global warming exists, according only to those who are polled for various pubications. Not that there is some "debate" with both sides given equal weight.

FYP. I'm a well educated scientist. I do not buy 100% into global warming. Do we have an effect? Absolutely. Are we the only impact, or even the majority? No way in hell. It's conceited to think we could destroy the earth. We are just a blip on the earth's timeline.

But, as Dr Phil said, that's better left for it's own thread.

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Keeping religion out of public school science classes includes not allowing teachers and students to mock religion. I know of situations where teachers and students were allowed to laugh at religious explanations and overtly present science as counter to religious doctrine.

I hate the phrase "hard science." It is a ridiculous and inaccurate phrase for many reasons.

Yes.

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

I completely agree. Religion should not be addressed in a science class. This further alienates students who might be open to understanding the concepts presented in the class rather than shaming them into abandoning their preconceived religious ideas. Both sides of the coin can be blamed for bad behavior in this realm, though the anti-evolution contingency, from my perspective, as a child educated for 9 years at a private evangelical, Christian school to avoid this very educational topic does an egregious job of miseducation regarding evolution. I was never mocked for my beliefs when I switched to public school or went to college. I do, however, have a vivid memory of a ludicrous explanation of evolution by my fifth grade teacher meant to make us completely disregard a highly complex theory that she probably had never even read anything about. It's easy to fear something that others tell you is bad but you don't really understand.

I went to a Catholic school for 13 years. We learned about Creation in religion class. We learned about evolution in science class. When we asked which was more true, we were told "both."