Intelligent design or Darwinian Theory?

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American scientists have denounced the so-called "intelligent design" movement and are urging mainstream religious groups to help promote the teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution (http://www.hallslaw.com/Dante/Evolution_page.htm) in the country's schools.
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Instead the group appealed for the help of mainstream religion in its quest, arguing that religion and science were not incompatible. Many religious leaders had stated they saw no conflict between evolution and religion,
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Darwinian evolution must be taught as fact. School administrators had earlier sought to have intelligent design, which argues that nature is so complex that a creator must have had a hand in designing it, inserted into science curriculums.

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My questions:

~ Which members believe in the Darwinian Theory of Evolution?
~ Putting religion on the side, should the Darwinian Theory of Evolution be tought in all schools?

[Arabian Princess]

~ Which members believe in the Darwinian Theory of Evolution?
I dont beleive I was once an ape!!
But if I understand darwin theory right, it means that living creatures learn to adapt to thier nature and slowly to merge into a complicated being. I dont think this is completley non sense because of one of the survival traits that god built in us is a way to adapt to enviroment.
So, I dont think it could completely be diregard .. it has some truth in it, but I dont beleive that humans were once animals !

~ Putting religion on the side, should the Darwinian Theory of Evolution be tought in all schools?
Nop, it could be taught a theory but not the ultimate reality theory!!

Intresting enough, I am reading Dan Browns novel (Angel & Demons) and its talking about the subject of science and religion, are they total opposite or complete each other!

[FaHaD]

I have read an article in national geographic 2 yrs ago...
there are studies who went against it and with it... but there is no an ideal and a real proof for evolution... this is why it is still called a theory.

[sheik-al-Tort]

With all the time in the Universe and given the neares solar system that might support life is over 100 trillion kilometers away and that's a neighbour by universal terms, one cannot help but wonder at God's creation. Clearly He is in no rush and evolution makes a lot of sense. I'd say we have barely emerged from the primordial soup and some of the postings on this forum confirm just how close we are :)


Creationism seems far too hurried and out of synch with the wonder of God's creation.


who knows perhaps as Fr Teilhard De Jardin SJ (approx 1930s) might be right - and that the story of creation is the becoming and joining to the original creator.

I've always been struck by how clever it is that creatures which live but a day or two can somehow figure out how to evolve. this suggests to me that there is something pulling us - slowly, discretely, unobtrusively, with unbelievable respect and extraordinary love, towards a far more profound existence - then this shabby hate filled, ignorant and brief life we live.

it's just a pity we can't learn to live together in peace. I guess we are all stuck in the weeds and have yet to learn how to lift up our heads and open up our hearts to God.

[sophis^catrina]

~ Which members believe in the Darwinian Theory of Evolution?

I don't believe that we have evolved from apes. But I do believe that the human form has evolved greatly and that we look very different to our early ancestors.


~ Putting religion on the side, should the Darwinian Theory of Evolution be tought in all schools?

Doesn't science and what we think of as "fact" continually evolve? Yes it should be taught, because we should not be ignorant, and realise at what point of science we are at, so we can develop it further.

This is sounding like the church burning Galilieo works destroying his astronomy books, because it went against the church (inhibiting the advancement of knowledge).

Science continually evolves as we understand it further, depending on our state. People long ago thought that when the Gods were angry they caused the storms, eclipses, but then we later realised through science this was not the cause, and later it was further developed to wipe out the previous inaccuracies and advance further.

Majority of the time science really isn't obvious fact, it is something that is continutally evolving depending on the state of our knowledge and understanding.

[sheik-al-Tort]

Does anyoone think we will evolve into a higher species over the next few million years? Assuming somehow we are still around?

[MorphaKnight]

There is no theory of evolution. It's just a list of animals that Chuck Norris allows to live.

[mimosa]

Both should be taught in school - one in biology and the other in religious education.

Personally, I do not see the two as mutually exclusive. I believe in the "Grand Design", but that evolution is its result - we were given our eyes and our brains to discover such things and marvel at them, not deny what is in front of us. The descriptions of creation in the holy books are allegorical as far as I am concerned. Literalists scare me sometimes!

[sheik-al-Tort]

Mimosa you are most certainly a sage.

I agree with everything you have said.