A survey that was released on Monday reported that 98% of Texas scientists favor the unadulterated teaching of evolution in public schools. More than 450 biology and biological anthropology professors at fifty Texas colleges and universities participated in the survey. The state board of education is preparing to look at the controversy and weigh the pros and cons. The scientists believe that a student would be harmed if a weaker version of evolution was taught to the students.
I believe students should be exposed to all sides of the evolution controversy. If a weaker version is proposed, two things will happen. One, the student will do more research and become disappointed to know that their hard-earned tuition money is not being used to its full advantage, or two, not care because they don’t believe in that theory anyway. Different educational theories enable a student to think critically and outside their normal box. I know of some debates saying that if a student is to be taught the evolution theory, they must also be taught the creationism theory. I don’t believe that should be done because most scientists heavily favor and support the theory of evolutionism. If they are forced to teach the creationism theory, they will more than likely just “teach” from a text and I would rather be taught from someone who actually believed in the creationism theory, instead of just going through the motions.
One of the great things about going to college is to be taught to think for yourself. If a student chooses to not accept or be open to a particular theory, let them agree to disagree. The “agree to disagree” approach will better prepare them for the future and the stance they chose to take on controversial subjects.
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I have a problem with your little article, I believe in creation and I am a Christian that has attended the Church of Christ all my life however, I believe that the theory of evolution does not take any credibility away from my religion or from the Idea that a Supreme Being created everything. The problem with your line of reasoning is that you think that evolution somehow disproves the existence of God. The problem with that is, is that there is nothing in the Holy Bible that says that God didn’t evolve, or that there isn’t some sort of natural selection, just that in the beginning God put it all in motion, and will continue to be there to watch over his creation. If you read genesis it says that God made man from dust well this couldn’t be any more true because everything in the universe is made from stardust. Also why is it that God, being all powerful, wouldn’t be smart enough to set the track of evolution in to motion, and in the overall process create man.
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