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| Arrows show the vestigial structure called Darwin's tubercle.*** |
"I was told that belief in evolutionary theory and belief in a personal, loving Creator are mutually exclusive ... I have a feeling that if Darwin turns out to be right, the Christian faith won't fall apart after all. ... faith can survive just about anything as long as it's able to evolve."The strong belief by many fundamentalists that evolution did not occur creates a problem when confronted with evidence to the contrary. Many school districts still refuse to teach evolution. Should schools comply with the insistence of their constituents, or should science be presented in accordance with current research?
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*** The muscles connected to the ears of a human do not develop enough to have the same mobility allowed to monkeys. The photos above show Darwin's tubercle, also called Darwin's point.
2 comments:
When I googled "evolution" to find some sort of illustration for this post, I found these ears of a human and a macaque. That fascinates me because my left ear is shaped kind of like this photo:
http://allaninnman.com/2013/04/02/pointy-ear/
So how would you answer Shirley's questions about teaching evolution?
MaryZorro said...
"Should schools comply with the insistence of their constituents?
If the school is teaching a science class, they should be teaching science, not religion or mythology in that class.
or should science be presented in accordance with current research? Science should be presented in accordance with current research.
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