Cain, Abel and Seth
So the president thinks that Intelligent Design should be taught in public school science class. What's the harm in letting children be "exposed to different schools of thought", after all? Here's another school of thought I happened upon in the great eye opener that is the internet. At this site, you can read in depth explanations of how the earth is a few thousand years old or how the third generation of humans must have come about through Cain marrying one of his many sisters. I feel like I can remember wondering about who Cain married when I was 7 years old in Sunday School. It provided the perfect opportunity for my Mom to explain the difference between literal and symbolic meanings in the Bible. I was unaware this was an ungoing question in the "debate" over human origins. I was also unaware that Cain and Able had a brother named Seth. I guess if you're not involved in a fratricidal rock attack, you just don't stick in people's minds the same way.
Oh, you can also find some interesting articles debunking Apemen.
Oh, you can also find some interesting articles debunking Apemen.
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Here's someone commenting on this subject with a little more eloquence and a little less pejorative condescension. But on the other hand, he doesn't ever get into "Apemen."
The Economist reports in their August 5th issue that "Two thirds of Americans think humans were directly created by God (as opposed to 22% who think people 'evolved from an earlier species'). Half do not think apes and men had a common ancestor"
Since we're trying to expose kids to the broadest range of theories possible, we should also include one that was mentioned on the Family Guy. Namely, the "Evolutionary Theory that Gil Gerard used a time machine, went back, and ejaculated into the primordial ooze." Controversial, yes, but what's wrong with showing kids different theories and letting them decide?
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