The 1925 «Monkey» trial of John Scopes, a high school biology teacher
who taught evolution, drove fundamentalists underground, some say.
Not exact matches
Are you one of those people
who think that
teaching evolution in public schools is «anti-Christian»?
It is an important issue and if you look around, the fanatics are the ones
who put their faith in theories like
evolution and they are forcing themselves on every aspect of life and Bill said it himself, he wants your child
taught evolution and the evolutionist will fight to indoctinate every child.
Good points, religious
evolution — Anybody
who believes they have the «one true path» has simply not awoken to the realities of what Christ
taught.
However, I have serious problem with biblical literalists
who want to
teach «Intelligent Design» alongside
Evolution.
Later at Haverford, by wonderful luck, I had a course on
evolution by a young man whose name I forget
who skillfully
taught the theory as then understood (1916).
All these parents
who insist on
teaching «creationism» to their kids as «science», while downplaying (or completely / hiding denying) the tangible bona fide evidence of
evolution... I sometimes have to wonder why they don't simply feed lead paint to their kids and get it over with.
Those
who still cling to pre-scientific religious fictions, ignoring the truths discovered through modern science, should at least take notice when the biology department at the world's most prominent Baptist university, where a statement of faith is a prerequisite for
teaching, unequivocally support
evolution through the following statement, which you can look up on their web site:
Anyone
who watches his shows (which I like but as a christian I follow creationism) knows he
teaches evolution heavily.
Evolution is not good for our children - it
teaches them that they are no more than monkey - brains, when in truth, each one was lovingly constructed by a God
Who needs each individual for HIS purpose, not yours.
'' [Nye] might be interested to know I also
teach my young daughter about
evolution and I know many Christian parents
who do the same,» Purdom says in the video.
Ham writes that Nye is joining in with other evolutionists
who say
teaching children to deny
evolution is a form of «child abuse.»
Fortunately Mary, there are people out there
who actually understand
evolution,
who have studied
evolution and
who have doc.umented and
taught evolution, so that those of us with even a rudimentary education on the topic can dismiss your comment as nothing more than the desperate and childish attempt to cling to religion even as the rest of the world grows up and embraces reality.
I am a lifelong Christian
who was
taught evolution by Benedictine monks over fifty years ago.
I do believe
evolution should be
taught in schools but in a way that allows for reasonable dissent by those
who disagree.
I find it funny that the same person
who denies
evolution and embraces a Biblical figure
who taught «feed the poor» and «love your enemies» nevertheless embraces Social Darwinism and endorses scorched earth foreign policy.
We did have to take home a flier and have our parents sign it stating that is was ok for us to learn
evolution the correct way
taught by our teacher
who by the way won all kinds of awards for being an outstanding teacher.
As it stands now,
evolution is
taught regardless of faith because it has no hidden agenda, whatever the people
who are anti-
evolution who want you to think otherwise.
Many scientists believe in both god AND
evolution, like Ken Miller, biology professor, textbook author, and key trial for the
teaching of
evolution in the Dover trial...
who is also a devout and practicing Catholic.
Leah wrote: «I've had several uncomfortable conversations with pastors
who have decried the evils of
evolution because when I was
teaching labs in graduate school I
taught evolution.
It reminds me of another odd phrase
taught to me by a friend of mine
who went camping with a group of very religious friends... Sitting around the campfire one night, someone actually said «It's so ridiculous how people think they can prove
evolution with human science ``.
students
who were
taught evolution or neither
evolution nor creationism in high school had significantly higher acceptance rates of
evolution than those
taught both
evolution and creationism or just creationism;
Many instructors say they believe
evolution and religious beliefs are in conflict, so rather than discuss this with students
who may be religious, they stick to only
teaching facts about
evolution.
Coss,
who taught drawing classes early in his academic career and whose previous research focused on art and human
evolution, used photos and film to study the strokes of charcoal drawings and engravings of animals made by human artists 28,000 to 32,000 years ago in the Chauvet - Pont - d'Arc Cave in southern France.
Rennie: Sure, Eugenie Scott from the National Center for Science and Natural Education,
who has done wonderful work for years in trying to make sure that
evolution, is
taught appropriately in public schools and to try to discourage the
teaching of creationism under any of its various guises as a bad scientific alternative to that.
Proponents of this view found themselves in a natural alliance with the burgeoning religious fundamentalists
who opposed the
teaching of
evolution.
He further has said that science and faith pose no conflict for most religious people, including more than 12,000 Christian leaders
who have signed the Clergy Letter Project in support of
teaching evolution.
Teaching genetics before
evolution was particularly crucial for students in foundation classes,
who increased their understanding of
evolution only if they were
taught genetics first.
«The biggest problem is that there are only 5 — 10 evolutionary scientists in the country
who teach the theory of
evolution in undergraduate and graduate schools,» he says.
He is now organizing a group of experts, including evolutionary scientists and theologians
who believe in
evolution, to counter the SRT's campaign by working to improve the
teaching of
evolution in the classroom, and in broader public life.
Join Morgan Yakus, a modern hypnotist, NLP practitioner and active meditation teacher
who has worked all over the world
teaching workshops which have a foundation of neuroscience and keeping the brain in mind, and oh holisticism for a night of brain - changing
evolution.
former economics professor
who promotes vigorous workouts and wrote a 2010 book, «The New
Evolution Diet: What Our Paleolithic Ancestors Can
Teach Us about Weight Loss, Fitness, and Aging.»
But as Saudi Arabia opens its first movie theater in 30 years with a screening of «Black Panther» — imagine women
who finally got the right to drive this year beholding the Dora Milaje — Turkish people are alarmed that their government, which just disrupted the last major dissenting newspaper chain, threatened people over their footage of Taksim Square, intermittently shut off YouTube and Twitter, and is poised to ban
teaching evolution in schools, is making it hard to share their stories with the outside world.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — John Glenn,
who declared as a 77 - year - old in a news conference from space that «to look out at this kind of creation out here and not believe in God is to me impossible,» says facts about scientific discovery should be
taught in schools — and that includes
evolution.
Working predominantly under the sunlight of Pennsylvania and Maine with models
who are most often her own three children, Madigan seeks to find «the essential truth in the
teachings of nature; death and life as a continuum; the temporary nature of the body; and the struggle between human desire and spiritual
evolution.»
You dare to question anthropogenic global warming and you find yourself classified with Atilla the Hun and the people
who try to remove the
teaching of
evolution from our classrooms.
The routine assumption that the analyses put forward of innumerate bloggers are just as valid as (in fact more valid than) as those of scientists
who have devoted their life to the relevant field is one aspect of this, as is the constant demand to «
teach the controversy» on
evolution, climate science, wind turbine health scares, vaccination and so on.