(February 9, 2009 at 8:45 am)LondonLoves Wrote: 1. I've never fully understood why theists are so afraid of evolution. Does it in some way conflict with any particular religion? I thought the 'intelligent design' argument was supposed to link God with science -- why are people still banging on about evolution?
I think the overall point is that it is viewed as being at odds with scripture. Some have reconciled the two - theistic evolution. However, another sticking point is the evolution of Homo sapiens sapiens from previous organisms. In many people's view this makes us no more special than any other organism on the Earth.
ID is just creationism dressed up to try and look like science, it is just as much crap as old school creationism.
Quote:2. What was everyone taught at school? I had no idea that evolution was open to debate until I decided to learn more about it on Wikipedia and saw that there was a big furror about it. Wasn't everyone just taught "evolution is a fact and this is the scientific theory about why it happens, now on to Mitosis"?
I grew up in small town south Texas - I don't ever remember covering evolution in high school. We covered basic genetics but that's about it. It wasn't until I took it upon myself to learn more about evolution and a couple of college courses did I understand the theory.
Quote:3. When you were first taught about evolution (whether it be by parent, teacher etc.) didn't you just think "yup, that makes perfect sense -- bloomin' 'eck scientists are clever"?
When I began to learn more about evolution - I was skeptical at first because of my incorrect notions about it - it made perfect sense, it's a brilliant theory and a great accomplishment in science.
