Education compromise: Why don't we teach both evolution and creationism in schools, but...?

There are theistic evolutionists and so you don't have to address this to atheists. This is from the Discovery Institute FAQ (one of the leading ID groups): -Is Discovery Institute trying to eliminate, reduce or censor the coverage of evolution in textbooks? No.

Far from reducing the coverage of evolution, Discovery Institute seeks to increase the coverage of evolution in textbooks. It believes that evolution should be fully and completely presented to students, and they should learn more about evolutionary theory, including its unresolved issues. The true censors are those who want to stop any discussion of the scientific weaknesses of evolutionary theory.

-Should public schools require the teaching of intelligent design? No. Instead of mandating intelligent design, Discovery Institute recommends that states and school districts focus on teaching students more about evolutionary theory, including telling them about some of the theory's problems that have been discussed in peer-reviewed science journals.

In other words, evolution should be taught as a scientific theory that is open to critical scrutiny, not as a sacred dogma that can't be questioned. We believe this is a common-sense approach that will benefit students, teachers, and parents. -Is teaching about intelligent design unconstitutional?

Although Discovery Institute does not advocate requiring the teaching of intelligent de.

This isn't just a question for atheists necessarily. But to answer your question. The reason creationism shouldn't be taught in public schools is because it is just a religious point of view.

And no religion is supposed to be taught in public schools. Yes, there is evidence for microevolution. Macroevolution involves mostly the same processes as microevolution.

And there is overwhelming evidence for macroevolution. There are many transitional fossils. There is no shortage of them.

Just do a google search for transitional fossils and you can find examples. And you can find transitional fossils on the website talkorigins.org. There is also other evidence for macroevolution.

Look at a website or in a book. Macroevolution is not a hypothesis. It is a scientific theory supported by a huge amount of evidence from different fields.

It is also fact. Life has changed greatly over time. That is a considered a fact because of all the evidence.

I don't know what you mean about students getting in trouble for questioning macroevolution. You are free to question it. At least you should be.

Why can't we teach both views and let students decide which makes sense to them? Again because creationism is only a religious world view and only science should be taught in science classes. This is not to do with disproving any god.

This is nothing to do with any god. I don't think you are crazy. Just ignorant and misguided.

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