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Public schools don't have religion lessons.

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Ah, now, in England, religious education is compulsory - everyone is taught the creation theory, as well as the equivalent stories from the other main religions.

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On the same token, public schools shouldn't be able to get away with just not teaching creation.

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I agree with you completely. Both should be taught in both public and church-funded or religious schools.

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Honestly. Evolution isn't a theory
A Scientific theory is a testable "model" used for prediction purposes. Something that can be tested and proven. BUT, it in no means implies or give facts.

Post edited at 9:22 am on Sep. 24, 2008 by Glory

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I agree with you completely. Both should be taught in both public and church-funded or religious schools.

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I went to a religious school in middle school and we were taught both.  They taught us creation as truth, but we also were taught evolution for the sake of finding similarities, and the possibility that both exist.

Post edited at 9:24 am on Sep. 24, 2008 by Glory

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Honestly. Evolution isn't a theory
A Scientific theory is a testable "model" used for prediction purposes. Something that can be tested and proven. BUT, it in no means implies or give facts.

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Suggested reading:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_as_theory_and_fact

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Evolution is no more proven that creation.

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If you don't, you accept that evolution is a fact.

Post edited at 9:27 am on Sep. 24, 2008 by SpM

I deny that humans came from monkeys. I deny that dogs came from plants. I deny that something came from nothing.

Post edited at 9:32 am on Sep. 24, 2008 by Glory

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That is not evolution. That is survival of the fittest.

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Point is, the inherited traits of these breeds have changed over time through selective breeding, yes?

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I deny that humans came from monkeys. I deny that dogs came from plants. I deny that something came from nothing.

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As for something coming from nothing, what are we talking about here? The "creation" of the Universe?

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Quote: from Glory at 5:28 pm on Sep. 24, 2008

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That is not evolution. That is survival of the fittest.

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No, it is the survival of the chosen. Sausage dogs are not fit.  

Point is, the inherited traits of these breeds have changed over time through selective breeding, yes?

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"Sausage dogs" are a designer dog that were cross bred by people to make a strange dog. Traits may have been changed over time, but the species has not changed. That would be like saying a change in height and eye color through generations of people is evolution.

Post edited at 9:37 am on Sep. 24, 2008 by Glory

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You don't think evolution should be taught, and creationism studied?

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Well, at my school, both were taught. Neither was taught as being proven fact, and that's the way it should be. Neither should be taught as being the whole truth - they both need to be taught for what they are - theories.

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Well, at my school, both were taught. Neither was taught as being proven fact, and that's the way it should be. Neither should be taught as being the whole truth - they both need to be taught for what they are - theories.

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I deny that something came from nothing.

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So you deny the big bang theory?

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