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To: Lane3 who wrote (1772)	12/27/2005 1:06:33 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2253

How would you determine which theories should be banned by law from classrooms? I hope the answer isn't merely something like "the ones which are not science" - that just shifts the question to how do you tell which is "not science"? I know the common answer is to say something about testing - but we can't practically test something which takes billions of years. In the field of evolutionary origins, all the theories are based on observation of the natural world combined with reason. It's not like we have an empty planet and a few billion years to test the theories out. ..darwinism or SET? .. I do not know if either of them is correct. Nor do I know if God exists. No one knows. They can't be proven. Whether a notion has been proven or not is irrelevant to whether it is science or not. Much of science is unproven. That's why we call them "theories." ..have had similar experiences. I think it is quite common. I had never heard that before. I would be surprised if it were common. The only people who would have any reason to convey that message to kids would be atheists. Given that only a tiny percentage of the population subscribes to atheism, it stands to reason that very few biology teachers are atheists. And of those who are atheists, even fewer would be so dishonorable or so stupid as to tell kids that. So the chances of a kid encountering that message from a biology teacher is small. Actually it was a college professor. The odds of finding a college professor that is an atheist are much better than among the population at large. Similar to the odds of finding a college professor who subscribes to liberal economic and political beliefs. I was not taught that. The only thing I remember about first learning of evolution was that it appeared on the surface to contradict my Catholic teaching. But I thought about it a bit, a matter of minutes, reconciled the two, and moved on. Since I did that so easily as a little kid, I struggle to understand how adults can have difficulty with it. I was under the impression that you were an atheist. Assuming I'm not mistaken about that, how did you make the transition from Catholic?