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What's your opinion about teaching the theory of evolution in public schools? (Freep this poll!)
KIII-TV ^ | 07/30/11

Posted on 07/30/2011 9:55:01 PM PDT by Dominic01

What's your opinion about teaching the theory of evolution in public schools?

Thank you for participating in our poll. Here are the results so far:

Evolution should be taught in public schools. 39% Evolution should be taught along with creationism. 33% Creationism should be taught, not evolution. 24% I don't know.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: creation; evolution; god; religion
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To: Dominic01

What’s your opinion about teaching the theory of evolution in public schools?


I don,t think they should be teaching some ones theory in public schools, public schools are for to teach kids how to read and write and do sums and then go and make their own way in life.

In other words public schools was not met to shape every ones life for them, but we can see that it has happened and we can see the nasty results.


41 posted on 07/31/2011 4:38:29 AM PDT by ravenwolf (Just a bit of the long list of proofs)
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To: Dominic01

Public schools? Teaching?


42 posted on 07/31/2011 4:40:34 AM PDT by RavenATB ("Destroy the family and you destroy the country!" ~Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Dominic01

The biological sciences are a must for public education. The process of biological evolutionary change is part and parcel of the science.

Science education should not be cluttered with the various creation myths that have no evidence of being factual. If the various creation myths are to be mandated, they should be part of a humanities study.


43 posted on 07/31/2011 4:45:36 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ....Flash mobs are trickle down leftwing REDISTRIBUTION))
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To: matthew fuller

Here are the results so far:

Evolution should be taught in public schools.40%

Evolution should be taught along with creationism.34%

Creationism should be taught, not evolution.23%

I don’t know.3%


If those are the actual results of the poll we should be able to see that America is in real trouble and Gods people should really be able to see that they are not of this world.


44 posted on 07/31/2011 4:49:36 AM PDT by ravenwolf (Just a bit of the long list of proofs)
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To: Dominic01

When the nAglo Saxons quit conquering and settled down in Britain, they imported Scottish missionaries who taught the people Christianity.

Then the children were schooled using the Book of Psalms as their Primer.

They were WAY ahead of us.


45 posted on 07/31/2011 4:57:13 AM PDT by RoadTest (Organized religion is no substitute for the relationship the living God wants with you.)
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To: Dominic01

When the Anglo Saxons quit conquering and settled down in Britain, they imported Scottish missionaries who taught the people Christianity.

Then the children were schooled using the Book of Psalms as their Primer.

They were WAY ahead of us.


46 posted on 07/31/2011 4:57:26 AM PDT by RoadTest (Organized religion is no substitute for the relationship the living God wants with you.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Evolution is real. As an amateur paleontologist, I have seen the changes over millions of years of species of sharks, Oysters, clams, etc. The British ammonoids in their vertical shale formations are definitive proof of evolution.


That may be but i do not think that is what public schools was set up for.

Public schools was set up to teach children to read, write and do sums, not to take over their whole life.


47 posted on 07/31/2011 4:59:25 AM PDT by ravenwolf (Just a bit of the long list of proofs)
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To: RitaOK; All

Provided that evolutionists do not insist that the big bang was a purely chance event, evolution does not threaten those who believe the universe was created. It does threaten the small fraction of that group who believe the universe was created less than ten thousand years ago.


48 posted on 07/31/2011 5:01:20 AM PDT by Notary Sojac (Mi tio es enfermo, pero la carretera es verde!)
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To: naturalman1975

“I’ll answer it but you might not like my answer.”

Amen. Same here.


49 posted on 07/31/2011 5:02:26 AM PDT by NucSubs
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To: al baby

You’re an ape. So are Chimpanzees and gorillas and orangutangs and gibbons.

You must have been publicly educated.


50 posted on 07/31/2011 5:04:20 AM PDT by NucSubs
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To: LetMarch

Martin Luther (1483-1546), said: “I am much afraid that schools will prove to be the great gates of hell unless we diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures, engraving them in the hearts of youth.”


It is coming to pass right before our eyes, yet most people can not see it.

Gates of Hell is right, maybe that is why Jesus said in matt 20 v 16 many shall be called but few chosen.


51 posted on 07/31/2011 5:19:15 AM PDT by ravenwolf (Just a bit of the long list of proofs)
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To: al baby
If we evolved from apes why are they still here? case closed

Thank you, Steve!

52 posted on 07/31/2011 5:55:57 AM PDT by Ozone34 ("There are only two philosophies: Thomism and bullshitism!" -Leon Bloy)
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To: Dominic01

I believe it doesn’t really matter as long as the schools teach the kids what a THEORY is.

Theory: an UNPROVEN assumption.


53 posted on 07/31/2011 6:02:08 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Muslims do not immigrate; they colonize.)
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To: al baby
If we evolved from apes why are they still here? case closed

If we came from Europe why are there still people in Europe?

If your non sequitur gives you comfort, then hey, don't mind if I laugh at it. But at the same time don't expect me not to.

54 posted on 07/31/2011 6:02:40 AM PDT by Cheburashka (If found, please return this Ring of Power to Sauron, Lord of Darkness. Return postage guaranteed.)
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To: Dominic01

Taught as a theory(s) - no problem

Taught as inarguable facts - big problem


55 posted on 07/31/2011 6:11:48 AM PDT by John 3_19-21
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To: Dominic01

My opinion is that taxpayers should be refunded the portion of their property taxes that applied to public schools for as long as evolution is taught. IOW, we’re not getting our money’s worth.


56 posted on 07/31/2011 6:21:03 AM PDT by liberalh8ter
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To: Ozone34
If we evolved from apes why are they still here? case closed

Thank you, Steve!


There's only one thing worse than an infinitely malleable theory able to explain everything, even its failure to explain everything, and that's a critique of one of its previous positions, now abandoned as though it never existed, a critique that believes itself to be so witty and trenchant that it ends all contention. Both exude a degree of smugness and certitude that is unwarranted regarding the matter at hand and both use that smugness and certitude as a substitute for evidence and reason. They're pretty much two sides of the same coin.
57 posted on 07/31/2011 6:21:38 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: Dominic01
For those of you who favor creationism be taught in public schools, I have questions:

Which version of creationism do you prefer? Protestant, Catholic, Mormon, muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Scientology, Aztec, Inuit, Creek, Hopi, Sioux, or black liberation theology?

Now, which version will the gay, pedophile, union, Arab religion teacher be teaching in your public school to YOUR kids?

I'm gonna guess that 99% of FReepers believe that gov’t is way too big, & legally intrudes on our private lives in too many ways. I'm also gonna guess that most of us KNOW the gov’t screws up badly EVERY TIME it involves itself in social & cultural aspects of American society.

It's obvious gov’t run schools cannot even teach reading, writing, & arithmetic. Sex education is primarily DEVIATE/PROMISCUOUS sexual education. Athletics is now about money rather than sportsmanship & health.

In most schools districts in the USA, the children come from diverse backgrounds, with many different religions & versions of creation. How does a school provide a creationism class for 5, 10, or 20 different religions, or do they provide one creationism class, with multiple versions of creation, or maybe they provide one creationism class with only ONE version of creation taught? Which option do you prefer vs. which option the gov’t, by force of diversity & budget, will prefer?

As of today, your child's religious education is COMPLETELY in your hands. You don't need a permit, child welfare cannot intervene, & no police will be kicking in your door (yet) to take your kid to the moon goddess sacrificial festival field trip.

So, why would ANY FReeper want ANY religion taught in gov’t run schools?

It is not about evolution vs. creationism, it's about gov’t sanctioned religion - Reid, Pelosi, McConnell, Boehner sanctioned religion being taught to our kids in gov’t run schools. If you can show that evolution is bogus, then work to have it removed from the school curriculum.

58 posted on 07/31/2011 6:24:39 AM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: naturalman1975

I see no conflict ... BOTH are correct. The bible has the “timeline” off is all, and you’d expect that being it was written before people even knew the earth was round. A “day”? A “day” in God’s mind is how long? 10 or 12 million years maybe? Explaining how God sat in his deck chair and created the world in 7 days, “let there be trees” ... is easy, and easy for a not-so-deep thinker to understand. But think of the “intellect” (if you can call it that) ... that came up with evolution ... that is beyond anything man could make up or dream up .. we still haven’t figured it all out yet. Don’t tell me there isn’t something very superior out there watching and laughing at all this. (Yes, my God has a sense of humor too).


59 posted on 07/31/2011 6:24:45 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag
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To: Dominic01

It’s the best scientific explanation we have, even if it isn’t a perfect match with religion. It may have flaws, and should not be taught as dogma, but it is does have decent reasoning behind it insofar as we do know things.

A key factor is NO theory is complete and perfect. People are, however, loathe to admit they don’t know everything and “demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty”.


60 posted on 07/31/2011 6:30:44 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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