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, 00:25, October 14, 2008Except that's not why evolution is taught. Evolution is taught because it is the best scientific explanation we have for the variety of species in existence.
The motive for teaching [[evolution]] is to support the view that God does not exist, or exists but is unimportant.
The motive for '''teaching [[evolution]]''' is to support the view that God does not exist, or exists but is unimportant.
{{quotebox|[[William Jennings Bryan]], the chief spokesman against evolution, was concerned that teaching evolution would undermine the biblical foundation for moral teaching. He said that Darwinian teaching would give children ‘ … a doctrine that refutes not only their belief in God, but their belief in a Savior and belief in heaven, and takes from them every moral standard that the Bible gives us’. [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5625/]}}
{{quotebox|[[William Jennings Bryan]], the chief spokesman against evolution, was concerned that teaching evolution would undermine the biblical foundation for moral teaching. He said that Darwinian teaching would give children ‘ … a doctrine that refutes not only their belief in God, but their belief in a Savior and belief in heaven, and takes from them every moral standard that the Bible gives us’. [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5625/]}}