@edgarblythe,
edgarblythe wrote:
Evolution is the study of how life has changed and is changing, from the time it first appeared, to the present. There are some who consider the acceptance of the science as too dangerous for the world, because of conclusions that can be made by inference. I maintain that since evolution has been with us the whole of our history, understanding it can only be a plus. I am opening this thread for the ant-evolutionists to give us some good reasons for their stand. I will try to respond in that I am able. I am no scientist. In fact, I did not graduate the tenth grade.
"Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man." Bertrand Russell
I do believe that it should be taught to our children, not young children though, but to young adults (as in a highschool subject). I personally feel that it should be taught to younger children...but I highly doubt that would be remotely possible in a general sense...you gotta aim for what's attainable first. Too many fanatical parents trying to ruin everything and blind their children to the world. Evolution is simply a scientific explaination of how life started and the process afterwards thus ending up (as of now at least) with us (humans). Theories and ideas are only as dangerous as the words that explain them, and words only have power if you believe in them.
