Christine said:
I wish people would stop being so closed-minded. Would 10 seconds of mentioning that there are alternative possibilities of the beginning(s) of life, the universe, and everything really corrupt the brains of American children?
There is no actual evidence for the beginning of life. The beginning of the universe is not known, but we do know what happened soon after. In Science class, what we talk about is science, not fantasies and "just because I want to believe it is so" faiths.
Science is defined as “The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena” (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language). Basically, science is explanation with backing.
No, It is investigation of phenomena through the application of
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD. Perhaps you have heard about it?
For some people, religion is explanation with backing (observable, identifiable, describable, explainable).
But the explanation is "because I believe this." So it has absolutely nothing to do with actual evidence.
Are you trying to imply that one excludes the other? You better be able to prove that weird speculation. Certainly, Christians accept the science of the Scientific Theory of Evolution. Your claims seem bogus, so can you please clarify?
(by the way, his theory is of adaptability, not the evolution theory we think of today)
Huh? You say that the older Hypothesis is more valid than the Scientific Theory that has been developed from research? I REALLY hope this is not what you are saying, as that shows serious ignorance of what science is.
is explanation with backing.
"Backing"? It seems that you are equating Scientific Evidence with Faith in its verifiability? Again, that seems, on the surface, as an ignorant remark, so can you clarify?
What do you mean?
Science equals explanation equals religion,
False.
which can-or-cannot-equal Darwinism.
And as such, it is a meaningless remark.
For some people, evolution isn’t fact. For others, God isn’t fact. I’m willing to bet that neither can be definitely proved in the classroom.
Evolution already HAS been definitively proved in and outside of the classroom. That the processes of Evolution occurs has been documented as a fact. Every time a research paper is published, it demonstrates specific, proved examples of Evolution. Your claim is false.
What IF God created everything in 6 days? Wouldn’t that make Creationism science?
Nope. Science is the exploration of observable and measurable phenomena through the application of the Scientific Method.
You really don't know much about science, do you? You seem rather clueless about what you are trying to criticize here. That is rather insulting to the rest of us who took the bother to actually learn and understand what we are posting about. You owe us the respect of at least know what science is before bashing it.
We shouldn’t be closed-minded.
Hint, hint!
Now, I’m not saying that we should try to prove intelligent design or try to teach intelligent design in the classroom. I’m just saying that we shouldn’t say that intelligent design should stay as far away from the science classroom as possible, because, quite honestly, we have too many different, conflicting and not-so-conflicting theories about our origins to be able to say that one is the truth.
Oh, the ignorance. This is beginning to be uneducated claptrap. If you want something in the science classroom, then it has to be science :doh.
So unless you are evidencing ID or whatever faith you are talking about through the Scientific Method, then it is not science. And to claim that there are conflicting theories is the sure sign that you are clueless about the subject.
A SCIENTIFIC THEORY is the END PRODUCT of the Scientific Method, it is not a mere speculation. Creationists/fundies ALWAYS betray their extreme ignorance by making that remark, the "it is only a theory" nonsense.
We, in general, know very little about our origins.
But we DO know what scientific research has provided evidence off.
Closing off any explanation from the classroom altogether is too risky—the Einstein of biological origins may be brainwashed to believe a certain way is fact.
And heavens know that scientists are to STUPID to research the evidence, right? Once again, your appaling ignorance of the Scientific Method shows that you have no clue what the hell you are talking about. Once again, that is incredibly insulting to the rest of us. You are at a point where you need to retract your post and apologize to us and then go learn something about what you are talking about.
Without being presented with all possibilities and then being more able to prove and disprove different theories,
You have NO clue what a Scientific Theory is, do you?
this Einstein may not be able to reach the truth, whether through process of elimination or reevaluation of a generally-discarded-scorned-upon-theory.
If something is discarded, it is because the evidence showed it to be wrong. Like the Earth being flat.
But hey, if you feel that your kids need to be presented with that as still being a possibility, then by all means go ahead and dumb them down. Then they can spend their life in jobs picking up roadkill, while our kids become physicians.