(October 19, 2009 at 1:19 pm)rjh4 Wrote:(October 19, 2009 at 12:13 pm)Eilonnwy Wrote: If someone wants to go into biology to become a doctor and doesn't have a basic understanding of evolution, that may cause them to fail in their attempt to become a doctor.
Do you think it is possible to have a basic understanding of evolution (common descent), or even an in depth understanding of it, without actually agreeing with it?
(October 19, 2009 at 12:13 pm)Eilonnwy Wrote: ... if you equip a child with bad information it can have implications later in life that you may not foresee.
You mean like teaching a child that God does not exist when He does?
Sorry. I couldn't resist. (And yes I know that that is not technically what you think or what you would teach being an agnostic atheist.)
How about teaching the child that God is a matter of faith and has absolutely no basis in scientific fact.
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