All right, I wrote a long and thoughtful response to this thread and then promptly lost it when I tried to post. So, I'm doing it again and not as well 'cause now I'm tired. Screw it.
First off, what I read from OC is that she has a problem with evolution being taught as fact. Not a problem with if it occurred or not. Also, I think what she was calling evolution was specifically the origin of the human race through evolution. Not evolution in general.
So, I'm running with that idea. My text books always said "theory" right in the title. This meant the following section was the theory being presented. It would be distracting and annoying to have continuously reiterate that it's a theory. So it's stated in simpler terms. My six year old might not know that the word "theory" in the title means it's a theory, not a fact, but my ten year old definitely would. In other words, if a kid isn't smart enough to know what the word "theory" means, then the rest of it won't make any sense anyway.
Now for the part I actually had an issue with.
Quote:
From OC:
I believe that every person has a religious faith of some kind. That can even be a faith that there is no god at all.
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Since I'm a person you are telling me I have "a religious faith of some kind." I like you OC so I'm not going to take that as an insult. Instead I'm asking you to back it up. How do I have religious faith?
Let me restate my position on god and the afterlife. I don't give a rat's ass. It's a fun topic for fireside chats, but I consider it meaningless to me personally. If I was to assign a specific emotion to it, I'd choose to describe my feeling as indifference.
How is that faith?