tibor75
Banned
I am always amused whenever these wackos running school boards in Kansas or the South try to get evolution out of the textbooks and creationism taught instead. first of all, are the two concepts by definition not compatible? Couldn't you argue that God put man and animals on the planet and then he let them fight it out amongst themselves without any intervention (i.e. survival of the fittest).
Second, I believe that Darwin believed that man descended from the apes. but does this really have anything to do with the theory of evolution? From what I remember, evolution basically details the interactions of animals with the environment - and how the environment "selects" out those characteristics that favor survival and allows those animals with those characteristics to have kids and multiply. This explains why African Americans have a much much higher incidence of sickle cell disease - having the sickle cell trait protects you from malaria, which is life saving in Africa, but useless if you're a white person in Europe. And, hasn't evolution been basically "proven" to be true? I mean, you can never really "prove" a law of nature, but scientists seem to agree that it's the best model we have as to how animals change over time the way that they do. I wish I had discussions like this in high school.
Second, I believe that Darwin believed that man descended from the apes. but does this really have anything to do with the theory of evolution? From what I remember, evolution basically details the interactions of animals with the environment - and how the environment "selects" out those characteristics that favor survival and allows those animals with those characteristics to have kids and multiply. This explains why African Americans have a much much higher incidence of sickle cell disease - having the sickle cell trait protects you from malaria, which is life saving in Africa, but useless if you're a white person in Europe. And, hasn't evolution been basically "proven" to be true? I mean, you can never really "prove" a law of nature, but scientists seem to agree that it's the best model we have as to how animals change over time the way that they do. I wish I had discussions like this in high school.