“But what is more interesting is that over the last 150 years, evolution has predicted the finding of such fossils, and has predicted where to look for them. No other interpretation of fossils requires or predicts the finding of transitional forms or explains why they are found in certain strata and not others.”
I’ll grant that’s a strong point. I’m also intrigued by the intuitiveness of mutations. So let’s assume [for a moment] you won the debate. Should all parents be required to submit their kids to evolution if the parents are religiously opposed to it? Or are you confident that truth wins out through free speech in the long run?
I think that if Biology (or any other science) is taught, it should be taught honestly. I don’t think students should be required to take Biology.
Chemistry or Physics would do for high school.
There is honest debat over whether teachere should respond to students’ questions about objections to evolution. I personally think that most such discussions would go pretty much the same way these threads do. They would be interpreted as attacks on religion.
FREE speech?
Doesn't that imply "certain inalienable rights" being endowed by a CREATOR?