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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I'm not redoing my argument- Atticus says I can't till May at the earliest- but your answer points to general fears, I was asking specific facts- do yuo know whats in the approved curriculem? If its simply "there are some big ass questions in evolution" is that so very wrong?
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How far do you take the "evolution isn't completely proved" argument, though? There are many things that we don't understand about quantum mechanics, but what we think we know so far is consistent with lab observations, and we certainly don't hesitate to teach this as a hard science. You reach a certain point in a theoretical construct where it becomes clear that, while you are still working out details, you have happened upon a valid framework. I think that evolution is at that point, at least. I know that I would vehemently protest the teaching of some model of subatomic theory that conflicted with qm but that was offered because it didn't conflict with someone's religious/philosophical views - and that, to me, is the entire basis for the push for the various creationist theories.
