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To: smokeman
Well thats what I have been debating for the past few hours. If you do not believe man ascended from apes then what are we arguing? Also, if you don't believe that man evolved from apes then surely you can see why people would not want there children being taught that very thing in schools. At the very least a disclaimer would be in order.

We're arguing because people are confusing belief with science ... and would let their beliefs bleed into science, which leads to bad science (like global warming theory ... how do you disprove that ... it gets hotter --- must be global warming! --- it gets colder --- that's because of globakl warming, too!).

We need to let science be science, and not be tainted by politics.

And my belief in whether or not man evolved from apes has nothing to do with whether or not the evidence that currently exists does not counter the idea that man evolved from a common ancestor as other apes.

Science is a process, andif we did not evolve from some proto-ape, science will eventually figure it out. But we'd need to let science get there on its own ... and to do so we need to have a population that understands the actual scientific theories that large parts of science operates under ... otherwise there will be no one around who has the basic understanding to improve existing theories.

I doidn;t like how my wife made chili at first, but I didn;t throw the batch she made in her face. We worked together, adding a few spices in an attempt to make a better chili ...

383 posted on 08/04/2005 10:29:26 PM PDT by bobhoskins (My analogies become worse as I get tired ...)
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To: bobhoskins
But the bad/inconclusive chili of man to ape is being thrown in our kids face whether you realize it or not. Not all parents can afford private schools therefore IMO, there has to be a rebuttal or debate in public schools where its being taught and we cannot expect our kids to bring about that debate. That's what parents are for.
388 posted on 08/04/2005 10:39:45 PM PDT by smokeman
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