Teaching Evolution as Theory not fact

re: Teaching Evolution as Theory not fact

tiffer — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:42:34 GMT

Sounds like a smart guy. Good way to approach it.

re: Teaching Evolution as Theory not fact

paanta — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:04:56 GMT

This sort of soft touch may be a good way to get kids to at least understand science, and hopefully once they understand it they'll realize that they need to move to a slightly more symbolic interpretation of religion. Of course, that's exactly what a lot of fundamentalist parents fear...

There's no common ground between religion and science. They're diametrical approaches to understanding existence. A scientist who believes in anything close to a literal interpretation of the bible either needs to ignore facts OR believe that God is deliberately attempting to trick us into thinking the world is several billion years old as a test of our faith.

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Brett Singer — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:07:11 GMT

@leahsmom: yep, me too. The teacher, according to the article, is a churchgoer, so its not a religion issue (at least not to him). Besides, algebra is against MY religion, but I still had to take the class :-)

re: Teaching Evolution as Theory not fact

leahsmom — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:59:02 GMT

I think this is actually an interesting approach - especially when you have children who've been raised to believe that science and fact do not actually support the theories many of us insist they do. I really appreciate this teacher's effort to create a bridge between the two sides here, and to make sure the children are informed about the other side - which is the best way to make sure they can make informed choices about what to believe. I am so tired of comments and attitudes that simply continue to perpetrate a divide rather than seeing if there is any commonality - and I applaud Mr. Campbell for his approach.

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Alice — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:38:01 GMT

Oh yes, we have one of the wrost education systems in the industrial world. Lets make our kids dumber.