Sentences with phrase «controversy over evolution»

Most scientists would say there is no controversy over evolution.

Fundamentalists have in the past sometimes considered both education and science to be works of the devil; this attitude, largely engendered by the controversy over evolution, is less common today.

The controversy over evolution is therefore not going to go away as people become better educated on the subject.

The controversy over evolution is therefore not going to go away as people become better educated in the subject.

Reason and revelation may continue to squabble, notably in recent controversies over evolution, but these conflicts are contained and mediated by tradition, and few seriously expect our societies to guide themselves by anything except a dynamic interaction between these three intellectual forces.

Not exact matches

Schools should also pay more attention to the philosophical issues raised by the controversy over creation and evolution — although attentiveness should not mean sneaking in sectarian teaching of religion under the subterfuge of «scientific creationism.»

Apart from the controversy over Emmanuel College Gateshead a couple of years ago it simply isn't an issue here — we don't have the same brand of vocal Christianity here, we don't have a written constitution that can be used for court challenges over the issue and we don't have a long history of battles over the teaching of evolution.

«Discussing American science literacy without mentioning evolution is intellectual malpractice» that «downplays the controversy» over teaching evolution in schools, says Joshua Rosenau of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit that has fought to keep creationism out of the science classroom.

Are your current students aware of (or do they care about) the controversy and court battles that erupted over teaching evolution?

The process is reigniting controversy over the teaching of evolution.

While controversy over the science requirements turned this lawsuit into another story about evolution and intelligent design for many in the media, the case is, in fact, about much more.

The book's subtitle is Great Minds, the Gilded Age, and the Triumph of Evolution in America, but it has very little to do with the controversy over whether or not the world today is just as God created it a few thousand years ago.

On this theory, we can expect a gradual, generational abatement of controversy over matters like climate change and evolution.