Hmm. I don’t recall being taught “Darwinism.”
I remember being taught about evolution and natural selection, and that these theories were first advanced by Darwin, but never any of the horrible (and horribly naive) conclusions that Darwin himself drew from his work.
Nor did a belief in the reasonableness of natural selection lead me to any sort of racist philosophy, so I was either to stupid to make the connection, or there was no connection at all, and Darwin’s racism was a personally motivated contortion of his own theories.
All that being said (and I’m about to commit freeper suicide here, but what the heck, personal intellectual honesty has its cost), if the Republican/Conservative Party insists on supporting ID in science classes, we are slipping a very heavy albatross around our necks, election-wise. It will be used against Jindal when the time comes for him to seek national office.
And, unfortunately, there are more voters turned off by ID being taught as a scientific alternative than turned on.
Remember, God and evolution are not mutually exclusive. ID, however, is faith-based (despite “irreducible coomplexity”) and belongs in Bible Study class, not science class, imho.
“Nor did a belief in the reasonableness of natural selection lead me to any sort of racist philosophy, so I was either to stupid to make the connection, or there was no connection at all, and Darwin’s racism was a personally motivated contortion of his own theories.”
I actually did, maybe 55 years ago. Hearing that man evolved from apes, I incorrectly wondered if some people had evolved further than others. Not an illogical conclusion for a seven year old.
If governments didn’t run schools then republicans wouldn’t have to worry about this subject. They don’t seem to get that.
I remember being taught about evolution and natural selection, and that these theories were first advanced by Darwin, but never any of the horrible (and horribly naive) conclusions that Darwin himself drew from his work.
You were taught the "faith based" Darwinism, but not the conclusions to be made from that faith.