Princess Jeanie
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scope said:people dont like learning about eveolution(sp) because it goes against what they are taught in church.
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Ironic that you would bring up evolution in education since the Scope's Monkey Trials were such a big part of it. (Sorry, random thought).
Anyways, I will first say that I have pretty much only known religion in education my whole life-but now I'm in a public college. And I said it before, I think students at public schools should be allowed to choose to take a Major World Religions class, I think the views you learn are invaluable. And just because something is thrown out there, doesn't mean it's being forced on you or that you have to accept it. Information is just information, and you'll never know when you use it.
The evolution debate (which I did a huge report on last year, I find it very interesting) is actually ironic to. Evolution is just a theory. You can't prove it. Religion is beliefs. You really can't prove that either-that's why it's called faith. So, if one says that religion shouldn't be taught in schools then they should also be arguing that the theory of evolution shouldn't be taught. It just seems to make sense that those two views would coincide, but does anyone see it that way?