“I think it is really important that evolution is taught in schools. Recently people have tried to say, ‘OK teach it as a theory,’ and while that is true, it’s like teaching electricity as a theory. I think it is ludicrous at this point that we have reached 2012 and it’s still this hotly debated topic and there’s proof out the wazoo. ”
“Yes. So people would know what evolution is, how we changed from monkeys to humans.”
“Absolutely. There is too much evidence to support it. ”
“I think evolution … is based in science, which I think for science classrooms is important, and I think it is truthful. Evidence has been found to support evolution and should be taught henceforth.”
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psycho_theclown 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Anyone else ever get the urge to pick the bugs out of their hair and eat them?
GreenEyedBlues 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Aww little Declan! Cutest. Heathen. Ever. JK but his response is precious.
RoeDapple 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Better do it now. Won't be any schools in a few more years here in Ks. We seem to be evolving in that direction.
Hooligan_016 11 months, 2 weeks ago
+1, I like the cut of your jib.
CWGOKU 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Yes, knowledge is good...
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Damn monkey lovers. Each and everyone of you. And don't try to dress it up by calling it "interspecies erotica" or "evolution" autie. It is just plain old sick monkey sex.
RogueThrill 11 months, 1 week ago
You make my social life sound much more exciting than it is.
mikewaz 11 months, 2 weeks ago
I'm okay with schools teaching both evolution and intelligent design/creationism as long as the amount of time devoted to each topic is equivalent to the amount of scientific evidence that supports said topic. Since the scientific evidence for intelligent design/creationism can fit on one side of a postcard, that means evolution will still get almost 100% of the teaching time in the classroom.
Topple 11 months, 2 weeks ago
I think you mean great great great.....x4625...great grand nephew.
jayhawklawrence 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Romans 1:20 (NIV) "For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse."
This verse implies that there is no separation between the natural world and God the creator in Christian teaching. The natural world is evidence of God so if a person truly wants to understand the creator, they should not be afraid of science but rather, embrace it.
In the same way, a person who claims to understand and respect science, should not be mocking a belief in an invisible God simply because they do not understand nor share that belief.
The influence of politics and its reliance on competitive debate to advance knowledge is to me a problem in our culture and permeates everything in a negative way.
Many issues like this one and the manner in which they are used by politicians adds stress to our society. I am wondering if the stress our politicians continue to create is damaging us in ways that we do not yet understand.
Scientists and religous leaders need to be concerned more with quality of life issues in this country and whether we are evolving successfully as a species. My sense is that most people, if polled, would say that they do not believe our species has a very good life expectancy.
larrytowngirl 11 months, 2 weeks ago
+1 .. I agree 110% JHL!
Ron Holzwarth 11 months, 1 week ago
A few years ago I asked two boys, maybe 13 and 16 at the time, whose family all are fundamentalist Christians (creationists), which they considered to be the greater miracle: 1) The creation of the earth. or 2) The creation of light.
They were dumbfounded at that question, and could think of nothing to say, apparently nothing in church had addressed anything like that.
Genesis Chapter 1, verse 3: "And God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light."
The rest of it is more complex, I suppose. After that, evolution is a very simple and quite obvious concept once it has been explained to you, I would think.
jayhawklawrence 11 months, 2 weeks ago
I am waiting for them to be able to grow new hearts since heart disease is such a big problem. In this way, we would actually be in competition with the laws of evolution.
Is this logical? Can knowledge leapfrog past evolution based on genetic mutation?
My guess is that evolution theory relies too much on genetic mutation. There are other forces at work. But as a science, it is very very useful to explain many things.
RogueThrill 11 months, 1 week ago
Yes. It's called Lamarckian inheritance and we've been doing it a long time. While strictly biological evolution continues to shape us, we achieve evolutionary change much more rapidly in a social context. Through transmission of knowledge, skills and tools to the next generations we are effectively evolving our own selves faster than nature can.
blindrabbit 11 months, 2 weeks ago
"Should evolution be taught in schools"?
Yes, if we want an educated populace that has a chance to regain our standing in the world with respect to math and science and be able to compete in a more technology driven workforce.
No, if we want to continue to drift into a more parochial, society that is not willing to accept the obvious. This trend appears to be the "darling" of many Kansans! This kind of "head in the sand thinking" does not bode well for our future!
Ron Holzwarth 11 months, 1 week ago
I read something a while ago that seemed strange at first, but when I thought about it, I realized that it is quite obviously true if you read a lot, and know and talk to a lot of people.
In some social circles, it is almost a status symbol to be mathematically challenged.
Or at least, it's certainly used as an excuse a lot of times!
RoeDapple 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Them there religious extremistoes has only had 6,000 years to sort it all out. The rest of us has had since the beginning . . .
blindrabbit 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Observation: All of the young students polled in this survey, realized the importance of teaching evolution in the schools. Interestingly, it is the supposedly educated, fundamentalists that are opposed to this concept. It is not about learning to them, it is about control and forwarding some religious dogma that clouds the truth!
Andini 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Yes. I want to know why my knuckles touch the ground.
Andini 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Devo teaches de-evolution.
labmonkey 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Kansas Board of Education... the one election where it is guaranteed I will vote for a Democrat.
cheeseburger 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Because democrats are atheists?
labmonkey 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Science in the classroom, religion in the home. That being said, science is based on questioning (at least it used to be before huge money became involved). Teach students evolution and perhaps bring some aspects of molecular biology into high school (I was lucky enough to have microbiology and genetics offered to me in high school... this is the first class that made me question the anti-evolution dogma that was bored into me). This way, students can see evolution unfold before their eyes.
geekin_topekan 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Evolution theory is pretty much universal.
Whose creation story are we going to teach otherwise? Navajo, Lakota, Umo n Ho n, or Kansa?
somedude20 11 months, 2 weeks ago
People are still evolving. From one cell critters, to a fish, to a monkey, to people to Jabba the Hut. It is like every meal is an all you can eat buffet here in good ole Merica
DEVO, people DEVO
LarryNative 11 months, 2 weeks ago
It depends, the evolution of what?
CWGOKU 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Didn't the Beatles sing a song about evolution ?
somedude20 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Evolution #9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9#9
CWGOKU 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Where is My_Life on this topic? Thrown right down the power alley
rockchalker52 11 months, 2 weeks ago
honeymoon?
LadyJ 11 months, 1 week ago
Ok, that was really good.
yourworstnightmare 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Science should be taught in schools. Evolution is the epitome of science.
This debate is not about evolution. It is about teaching science when it conflicts with religious dogma and ideology.
Evolution is but one example where science conflicts with fundamentalist christian dogma and ideology. There are many others.
Joe Hyde 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Might as well teach evolution in schools, and the earlier the better. I mean, Why not? The processes of natural selection are occuring there just like in the grownup world.
jonas_opines 11 months, 1 week ago
And yet, it has been observed to happen.
Perhaps what is really driving your opinion is a simple fear of change.
Ron Holzwarth 11 months, 1 week ago
"He who knows what he is told must know a lot of things that are not so." - Arthur Guiterman
"I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education." - Wilson Mizner
"A man can seldom—very, very seldom—fight a winning fight against his training: the odds are too great." - Mark Twain
blindrabbit 11 months, 1 week ago
ksfbcoach: Good thing you are apparently a football coach and not a science teacher based on your "crap" concept! Bet you a fundamentalist christian, bible thumping, homosexual hating, C-Street lovin, Koch-a-Kola drinkin, conservative republican well rooted in the "What's the Matter With Kansas" dogma! Good luck attempting to understand logical thought!
cheeseburger 11 months, 1 week ago
-1
Cappy 11 months, 1 week ago
I think it should be taught in schools certainly. Wouldn't hurt to teach it in Sunday school either but 'taint likely.
Ron Holzwarth 11 months, 1 week ago
What should be taught is the rate at which our species and society are rapidly devolving, and certainly not evolving.
Cappy 11 months, 1 week ago
Like they teach in church?
kansanbygrace 11 months, 1 week ago
A scientist friend and mentor...(sometimes called Dr. Meticulous) would point to the laws of physics, particularly the elements of thermodynamics, and the fact of entropy; observing that without question "life" absolutely defied those scientific realities. He denied that "God" had a place the paradigm exclusively confined to that which could be seen, felt, weighed and measured, but acknowledged the absolutely inescapable reality of "neg-entropy", an invisible force that held chaos, dissolution, dissipation and entropic loss not in check but in absolute abeyance--that is, until "death".
That and the evolutionist/Curator of mammals at a northern university who, after spending about 35 years studying how evolution occurs, accepted the impossibility of it without organizing forces that were obviously interacting and still invisible, exactly, as he described it, as with the assumption of gravity. Undeniable, while invisible and indescribable.
He said that ultimately, physical reality is impossible without the inscrutable force some call "God."
They did not presume that the human senses were fully adequate to see, hear, smell all the forces that exist in the Universe. The presumption that there was nothing there if we couldn't put one in a jar was too obviously unsupportable.
That threw both silly sides of the vapid dualistic debate out the window.
booyalab 11 months, 1 week ago
I think everyone who has a strong opinion should get to decide what other people's kids learn, as long as it's the politically correct opinion...and you mention "science" and stuff. Not that I care about science when it doesn't serve my purposes.
pooter 11 months ago
Since evolution and creationism both rely on the same religious substance of requiring one to take one hell of a leap of faith in order to believe in either one of them then neither POV should be taught in a government sanctioned, taxpayer supported school.
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