Annie
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GunnyL said:I was a firsthand victim of the theory of evolution (which included the theory of man's descent from apes) being forcefed to us in school back in the late 60s. I never really understood the carnival-like atmosphere that surrounded the subject. My grandfather, a teetotalling Southern Baptist put it to me in a simple manner I could understand .....
You don't have to believe it. You just have to "render unto Ceasar what is his."
Too many closed minds on the subject and I argue against THAT more than anything else.
The more I hear of other's education, the more I think I was so lucky! Which is saying a lot, considering I had the hitting nun! :shocked:
I was taught evolution, btw so was my father and mother in the 1920's. Go figure. Catholic schools all of us. At the same time, catholics being what we are, the idea that there was a 'guiding hand' an 'unmoveable mover' a 'prime force' was taught in religion classes. No proof required, faith of a gigantic magnitude. A duty and honor and requirement for salvation.
Not quite so heavy handed in today's curriculum, yet the message is still there. God started, ours is to make the best of we can.