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Originally Posted by SakmonKi
[url]hI...had never heard that evolution is not an explaination for the origins of life before I came to this website. ...I was presented the contention that Darwinian evolution explains macro-biology as well as micro. In school it is said to be proven fact. In light of this, has the general public not fully understood Darwinian evolution..? Has the scientific community ever done anything to counteract this misunderstanding?
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You did not go to public schools in the United States of America, did you?
Lucky you. When I was in the 9th and 11th grades here in the USA, two different science teachers tried to mention Charles Darwin and explain why he was considered a great scientist. That was all. Both were fired.
In the USA, there is a lot of science, and even more of history, that is "missing" in the classroom, because it would be disagreeable to one religious sect or another. Up until the 1960's, many (if not most) small town high schools in the South had a local preacher on the school board, or serving as principal.
Up until recently, the scientific community had hoped that if they ignored the problem it would go away. And besides, they were teaching REAL science (including evolution) in the colleges and universities, and assumed that the churches had no power there. Things have changed.
