Quote:Agreed, though without the existence of any "missing link," evolution is certainly not "settled" science.  Also, evolution would mean the ancestors don't typically carry on (all evolve, not just "some.")  So the evolution argument works against itself in that sense.  Certainly topics worth continued teaching and open discussion.

 

It also must be very confusing for our resident fake scientist to reconcile what it means being year 2017.

 

I don't think he truly understands the meaning/reasoning behind it.

 

Because supposedly there's no religion and science together and all.  To leave religion out of schools would be to erase most of human history.  Not just US history, but the history of the world.

I'm an agnostic myself but taking religion out of schools is actually detrimental to the students. Like it or not, two of the main pillars of Western Civilization have been the family unit and religion. If you are going to understand the Western tradition, you need to understand Christianity; If you don't know your Bible stories, you will miss many of the references in literature. Trying to erase that from history is pure revisionism.

 

 Evolution wouldn't be just some evolving it is everything. The idea is that we would have a common ancestor with say chimps. It isn't saying we evolved directly from what we call chimps today. Everything is always evolving, when some genes are past on and others are not, that's the essence of it right there. We may not have every missing piece to the puzzle but it does paint a rather convincing picture when you look at the overall body of work. 

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