OT- Evolution

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Originally Posted by simonmark6

I agree, however, that Evolution belongs in the Science class and Creationism is part of the Christian belief system that in schools belongs in the Religious Studies classroom.

Absolutely agree with that. Personally the best description for me would be Agnostic with Atheist leanings - until I can see some cold hard facts and evidence of a higher power, I'll go with physics, chemistry, etc all the way. Yes, it would be nice if there was something after death, but since nobody can actually prove it, I'll just content myself with the decades I know I've had and hope to have in the future before snuffing it.

Humans are animals. We exist simply to procreate and continue the species, or more specifically, our individual line of the species, just like every other living organism in the universe. Just from a logical "continuation of the species" standpoint, it makes more sense for evolution to be correct than any other philosophy.

Sure, teach creationism as an alternate viewpoint, but without evidence there's no way it should be given any more weight in the syllabus than say the works of Shakespeare or Impressionist art. At best it should be taught as a part of history classes as a way people thought and how it influences today's society, right alongside sun worship and the Aztec human sacrifice.