Helpful Alternatives to the Theory of Evolution
Evolution remains controversial in many parts of the country. How about we teach the real controversy. Teach students about the evidence that exists for evolution and how it is used in so many aspects of biology. Then teach them that creationists fear this concept because they believe it threatens their non-falsifiable supernatural beliefs so they try to equate the two ideas and muddy the waters with disingenuous arguments, bad science, and outright lies. How’s that for “teaching the controversy”?
—person who was indoctrinated with creationism and studied evolution critically
"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
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