Evolution, and the study it encompasses, is a theory, by definition. Some will even go so far as to say it is pure speculation.
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That said, it would not be prudent to present such heavy information as fact to young minds. However, this might be a topic for college-level students.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There are good reasons not to teach evolution as fact. One is that you would really be teaching atheism under the title of science.<\/p>\n
The theory of evolution proposes that life began in the water (never observed and not proved) and that life has evolved upward in many different species by random chance (not proved and cannot be demonstrated). This is, in effect, telling children that God has no part in it.<\/p>\n
The complexity of DNA itself should cause someone to think twice before teaching mega-evolution as fact. Scientists have no explanation of the origin and complex design of the encoded instructions in living cells. To believe that all this just happened by chance is blind faith, not science.<\/p>\n
Fair educational systems promote thinking by allowing questioning and other points of view.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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