[Stultis]

that "theory of evolution" is much more dogmatic in its nature than other sciences

And what color is the sky on your planet? Good, Lord. There's not a single theory that is taught LESS dogmatically than evolution. We never read of any other theory in textbooks that "some scientists believe" it. Indeed in a typical textbooks HUNDREDS of theories are presently so matter of factly that they aren't even unidentified as theories. But evolution ALWAYS is. The glaring evidence of dogma is that sticker plastering activists only care about ONE theory and never, ever evidence the slightest concern about how science in general is taught.

[puroresu]

#####The glaring evidence of dogma is that sticker plastering activists only care about ONE theory and never, ever evidence the slightest concern about how science in general is taught.#####


This would tend to indicate that Christians are not generally in disagreement with science. The huge majority of scientific theories don't meet with any disagreement from us.

Evolution does, however, because we often perceive it to be part of an overall ideological agenda. We don't think that without justification. Many hardcore (fundamentalist) evolutionists have had second careers as leftist-secularist political activists (Huxley, Gould, etc.) and others (Sagan, Hawking) have tied evolution into their militantly atheist worldview.

We have no problem with other theories because they aren't generally used to bash Christians. All you have to do is read some of the evo-threads right here at FreeRepublic to see how many Christian bashers come out of the woodwork when this issue arises.

I don't see the ACLU or other anti-Christian groups getting upset when discussion of, let's say, gender differences in math ability is squashed, or when someone who suggests that such differences exist is forced to recant (Harvard's president, for example). There is scientific evidence that male and female brains differ, but a school teacher would likely be fired if he or she told a classroom full of kids about this evidence. A school textbook containing such evidence wouldn't see the light of day.

The left censors scientific inquiry all the time with not a peep of opposition from the people who scream bloody murder if Christians simply suggest that the theory of evolution isn't a fact, which it isn't.

[microgood]

There's not a single theory that is taught LESS dogmatically than evolution.

That was not my experience but I am sure that varies from school to school and teacher to teacher (my biology teacher was a complete ass).

The glaring evidence of dogma is that sticker plastering activists only care about ONE theory and never, ever evidence the slightest concern about how science in general is taught.

People do not take gravity personally. But when you tell people's children that their religious beliefs are wrong and that they evolved from a common ancestor with an ape, many parents take that personally and will for the foreseeable future. And as long as the evos are willing to use the Federal courts to force their point of view onto Public schools the conflict will continue back and forth.

Evos here on FR state evolution should be treated like any other science. But they know why it isn't and why it never will be.