teaching evolution

[lizbeth]

So, there are always issues with teaching evolution in the public schools in America, particularly in the South. I'm wondering how you guys see the divide between religion and education ...and when and if there can be a fusion of the two. I went to religious schools for the majority of my life (Catholic). And we did have that theological backbone to our education. For me, then, it's not so black and white (as opposed to friends who went to strictly secular schools). However, I do believe that evolution and science need to be taught in a *SCIENTIFIC* way which is fundamentally about facts ...as in, facts supporting evidence that can lead to theories and conclusions. It my opinion, then, that science should not be tainted by any spiritual, religious or political biases. Of course, nothing is subjective but we can try our utmost to maintain scientific objectivity.

[melissa]

I think that it is SO IMPORTANT that evolution be taught in schools. I have always gone to non-religious schools so I can only speak from that perspective. But the alternative is to be uninformed about science and to not know the facts. Why would you choose that for your kids? I understand that some people are religious so they want to their kids to have that education. And that's fine. But a kid should also get the other perspective (the scientific one).