Quote:Nothing wrong with that. Putting Noah's Ark in a history book is another story.

 

While I agree with this statement, I think that the theory of macroevolution also needs to be taught as a possible explanation for diversity of life, and not as undisputed fact.

 

Only a fool would disagree with microevolution--i.e., adaptations within a species group.

 

However, the idea that all life began as a single celled organism has no proof to support it and violates the laws of thermodynamics.  Therefore, not only would you need an event that created life on this planet (which there are varied explanations for, one of which being extraterrestrial seeding), you would need a separate event to trigger mutation on a grand scale with each macro-level change from species to species occurring.  The mathematical odds of that are ridiculously small.

 

As such, I have no issue with macroevolution and creationism being taught side by side in a science classroom, as long as there is no religious bent.  It's pretty easy to say "Some believe a supreme being created life, while others believe it was a cosmic event that created the first single-celled organism, which changed over millions of years to become multiple different species."

 

I know that this is not a popular opinion.

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