Why Evolution Should Be Taught (page 26)

Junction-Guy

If I could travel back 1 billion years in a time machine, then I may come to the conclusion that I was wrong.

I don't see any practical use for teaching evolution, especially the early stages of it.

I as an XJW have had too many real world financial problems to even care if evolution is correct, who really gives a flip?, except those that have an agenda of hate against christianity.

Maybe meeting some real world atheists instead of copycat XJW atheists would do some good, who knows? I have only known 2 atheists in real life, and neither were XJW's, they were decent enough people in their own right, and they didn't feel the need to convert everyone to Atheism, maybe they are the true atheists at heart?

sir82

I don't see any practical use for teaching evolution, especially the early stages of it.

Ever received a vaccine? A tetanus shot? Taken an antibiotic?

Bacteria evolve, and scientists who understand that things evolve are able to develop new treatments for diseases that otherwise would kill millions.

If no one learned the reality of evolution, diseases would continue to grow resistent to existent treatments (i.e., evolve), and untold millions would suffer and die.

Junction-Guy

Well as long as you don't teach evolution to be the beginning, then I don't see anything wrong with teaching how bacteria mutate. If that can save lives, then sure, that's fine.

Junction-Guy

You can teach the practical stuff, while foregoing the impractical, unproven, and controversial stuff.

as long as they don't teach that we evolve, then I am Ok with it. Other than that it just isn't practical.

Caedes

Well as long as you don't teach evolution to be the beginning, then I don't see anything wrong with teaching how bacteria mutate. If that can save lives, then sure, that's fine.

That is very generous of you!

Unfortunately evolution applies to all living things including humans.

Other than that it just isn't practical.

What like the people in Africa who are resistant to HIV, the gene for this resistance is becoming more dominant in areas where HIV is rife (a practical demonstration of evolution in humans)

Junction-Guy

like I said earlier, Im Ok with the medical side of it, as long as they don't teach we evolve from apes, fish, amoeba, or anything else. I believe we were created, and nothing can convince me otherwise. It would take God himself to tell me that evolution is true before I would ever believe it.

Caedes

Evolution teaches we have a common ancestor with apes, et al. We did not evolve from apes.

Since the evidence for evolution is overwhelming then perhaps JG it is time to admit your god may be a bit cleverer than you give him credit for and is perfectly capable of creating evolution as his mechanism for populating the earth. I'm sure he must be pissed you are dissing his creation!

Why Evolution Should Be Taught

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