yes, but that's the strange thing about religion isn't it, but that's just it, it's religion, not science. This is science being told as absolutely true for this reason and that reason, beleif in God is held to a different standard because it is not a science.

...and that brings me back to my very first post. Religion does not belong in a science class room. Teach evolution back as far as we can, then throw out the idea that we could evolve from apes or aliens dropped us off or a supreme being might of made us.

Sooo pottentially my great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandad could have been a monkey? sweeet! biggrin:

Just as an FYI it isn't as simple as Monkey -> Human, there were dozens of diffrent 'models' that lead up to us.

I'm fine with teaching microevolution, I don't have a problem with that, I just don't think that we came from apes.

I don't see what the whole big deal is about? When you're in highschool bio, there really shouldn't be that much information on the whole topic. As long as you state both sides, there's nothing wrong. When you get to a university level, it's pretty much easy when it comes to the course. Just have the prof state what the hell the course is---religion (intelligent design) or a scientific ave of science (evolution).

I don't really see why a bunch of people are trying to have the religion taught in school as if it were hard fact. Yeah, that's right, you've heard me say it.

Intelligent Design...what a name.

anyways Id rather religion be only taught in churches and never show up in any school system. Unless it is like World Religions or something that at leats gives you brief shit on every or at leats a lot fo religions...but if it was a christianity based class basically telling you right from wrong then fuck that.

found that line mildly amusing

Clarity of thought and sentence structure are very important.

dance:

what's wrong with a class devoted to christian studies? As long as that's not the only religion being offered. But if it's a private school, ie Villanova, then let them do what they want.

it can be offered...but i just don't like the idea of it being mandortory to take to graduate or something.

do you mean at the school like Villanova? Or do you mean from a public university? Yeah, i agree with you if it's a public university you're talking about.

I went to Catholic Schools for 14years. NOT a single teacher ever tought us the whole Adam & Eve" fairy tale. They toldus the story and then explained the symbolism of it. PLain and simple. Our Biology teachers showed us evolution and so on.

Hah, I just realized I went to a catholic school my entire life also, and I was taught evolution in Bioliogy.

Exactly... What are they smoking down South ?