HydrogenBond, I never would have guessed you were a science buff <grin>
The spotlight was shone on evolution by those wishing to usurp, weaken, and ultimately remove it from public school curriculum. It was a small spotlight mind you, shone only at the perceived discrepancies found within the theory itself.
The scientific community responded in defense by shining a brighter light on the entire theory, faults and all.
The necessity of teaching the only scientific theory to date that has a decent chance of explaining our very existence can not really be understated, so long as the fact that it is a theory is included in that discussion.
