Politics in our schools

[Emu]

Originally Posted by ScruU2wice

Well if you want science to be the antythesis of faith then shouldn't we teach kids the the science of carbon dating and half life and every other scientifice device used to determine anything. Evolution is based off of deduction and it is a pretty frivilous theory, because it says that something evolved because it exists today. So a koala bear or whatever went through a set of changes due to enviromental changes? well we can't be sure of that. So it changed in to what it did today because of competitive reasons? maybe. Can it be determined which one of the millions of variables caused the Koala to look like it does today? can't say for certain, but we're sure it was something evolutionary.

I'm not sure what you're getting at with this. EVERYTHING in science is a deduction. What you're saying doesn't make any sense to me, and I'm not sure if I'm just missing the point or what.

A 6th graders is taking just as much faith in believing all aspects of evolution as they are studying Creationism.

Well, so what? A sixth grader is taking it on faith that 2 + 2 = 4, too.

The teachings of the different evolutionary states of man are taught with the same logical standing that the bible is taught.

How's that, exactly?

Now this is where I turn around and defend myself by emphasizing the word taught. I myself really don't have any concerns about where we came from or where we're going, I am religious enough to believe that the truth lies somewhere in between Creationism and Evolution, but I don't feel that my time is best speculating on it. I think there are logical holes in Darwinism and evolution that too many people don't bother to point out or realize.

This is the part I'm really interested in: Logical holes like what? I have a sneaking suspicion you're drawing a lot of your material from Michael Behe's "Darwin's Black Box," and if that's true, there's MORE than enough criticism of that crock of shit on the internet to convince you, I think. And if you're not taking any ideas from it, then I'm sorry for assuming, but I'd like to know what these "logical holes" are.