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The motive for teaching [[evolution]] is to support the view that God does not exist, or exists but is unimportant. If schoolchildren were permitted to believe (and say) that evolution is less likely than [[intelligent design]], it would contradict the philosophical underpinnings of [[unguided evolution]]. This would lead students to question, even to reject, such [[materialism|materialist]] philosophies as [[atheism]] and [[secular humanism]].
A more honest way of teaching about evolution would not be to present it as an unquestionable dogma, but simply to tell pupils what it is, how many scientists of various types believe in it; then to present all the scientific evidence for and against it.
For students who are mature enough to understand the philosophical implications, say, beginning with the upper three grades of high school, educators could explain the ideological links between evolution and various philosophical and political schools of thought: [[materialism]], [[atheism]], [[Eugenics]], [[Nietzsche]], etc.
Similar links could be explored for ideas which criticize evolution, such as [[Intelligent Design]] which accepts some aspects of evolution while denying the lack of guidance, and [[Creationism]], which begins with the premise that [[God]] created everything; see [[Young Earth Creationism]] and [[Old Earth Creationism]].
A more honest way of teaching about evolution would not be to present it as an unquestionable dogma, but simply to tell pupils what it is, how many scientists of various types believe in it; then to present all the scientific evidence for and against it.
For students who are mature enough to understand the philosophical implications, say, beginning with the upper three grades of high school, educators could explain the ideological links between evolution and various philosophical and political schools of thought: [[materialism]], [[atheism]], [[Eugenics]], [[Nietzsche]], etc.
Similar links could be explored for ideas which criticize evolution, such as [[Intelligent Design]] which accepts some aspects of evolution while denying the lack of guidance, and [[Creationism]], which begins with the premise that [[God]] created everything; see [[Young Earth Creationism]] and [[Old Earth Creationism]].