I think it's important for Christian colleges to transition
into teaching evolution (both micro and macro, if you make a distinction) for a few reasons:
Not exact matches
@KatMat: your analogy would begin approaching realism if: — during the pledge of allegiance kids were forced to say «one nation under The Orioles» — our nation's currency said «In Dallas Cowboys We Trust» — if millions were slaughtered, tortured and burned to death because they weren't fans of The Pittsburgh Penguins — if NASCAR fans endlessly attempted to have Intelligent Car Driving
taught beside
Evolution in science class as a possible explanation for how mankind developed — if «the 5 D's» of Dodgeball (Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, Dodge) were constantly attempted to be made
into law so everyone would live by the same ridiculous notions, even if those notions knowingly discriminate — if nutters constantly claimed America was founded on the principles of Darts, even though our country SPECIFICALLY calls for a separation between Darts and State because the founders knew the inherent dangers of Darts becoming government instead of staying in the realm of sport where it belongs
actually you do nt have to prove the many deities or Gods that they really exist, because they really had existed in their times, They are part of the evolutionary process for us humans to transcend to higher consciousness.To simplify the analogy, when we were young and we are in the lower grade school, we were
taught simple subjects not advance literatures but simple stories even mythicals, The same with religion, thousands of years ago when there was no science yet, primitive people had a religion, of course man made faiths to conform with their state of mind or intellect.But later atfter thousands of years we evolve
into a more educated people and so new concept of God again was presented to them, another man made concept, and this go on and on, until a few thiousand years ago.monotheism, Judaism, christianity, islam, buddhism, etc also evolved, But with the accelerated
evolution, these faith again is threatend with obsolesencs because of of scientific developments and education.In panthroteistic faith, the future religion needs to conform to evolutionary process, This proves that God is always there guiding the change.And it his will that made this a reality in history since the begining of the universe 13 billion years ago, and this will continue to exist until He will completely fulfill His will to infinity, Thats PANTHROTHEISM, the futue, man made religion under His guidance through scientifiic evoluition after the Bi Bang
It's also hypocritical because they [atheism] are shoving down their beliefs
into our children and young adults,
teaching that
evolution is the answer.
The 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, which struck down the
teaching of
evolution in Tennessee schools, turned the evangelical movement
into a national laughingstock and provoked an evangelical retreat from politics.
Generis: «For these reasons the
Teaching Authority of the Church does not forbid that, in conformity with the present state of human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussions, on the part of men experienced in both fields, take place with regard to the doctrine of
evolution, in as far as it inquires
into the origin of the human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter - for the Catholic faith obliges us to hold that souls are immediately created by God» [italics added].
And yes, right wing extremists want to incorporate Alternate Design Theory
into Evolution and insist it be
taught as SCIENCE!
Pope Pius XII declared that «the
teaching authority of the Church does not forbid that, in conformity with the present state of human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussions... take place with regard to the doctrine of
evolution, in as far as it inquires
into the origin of the human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter --[but] the Catholic faith obliges us to hold that souls are immediately created by God» (Pius XII, Humani Generis 36)»
[This doesn't mean they just
taught evolution but likely would've introduced it
into their curriculum.
«These results call
into question much of what has been thought and
taught previously about floral
evolution!
The bill's text, if passed
into state law, would protect teachers from discipline if they «help students understand, analyze, critique, and review in an objective manner the scientific strengths and scientific weaknesses of existing scientific theories covered in the course being
taught,» namely, «biological
evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and human cloning.»
These suggestions are good and I would celebrate the
evolution of our schooling system
into one that does not confuse student's and teacher's rights to learn, with a system's right to
teach.