Today on of my education classes, "The American School," we talked about the controversies of evolution in the classroom. It really scared me how many people in a class full of future educators think that intelligent design should be taught alongside evolution. I don't understand how people can't embrace their religious veiws and embrace scientific theories each within thier own realm. I guess it always comes down to how literally people can take religious documents; one girl in the back of the classroom believes that the eart is probably about 10,000 years old. I feel like if I took the bible literally my head would explode trying to accomodate all of the contradictions.
I guess it comes down to my own recent disillusionment with Christianity. I used to think I was really Chirstian, and it's not that I don't still believe that all of the peace and forgiveness that Jesus taught is wrong, but I deffinitely don't believe in one truth. I never have, but I'm begining to see that this belief is really imcompatible with Christianity. I also think we're living in a world where a lot of scary things are done in the name of religion. I think science can be just as comforting a belief system, and I feel like science unites a lot of the world rather than tearing it apart. I dunno...I never want religious beleifs of some devine world to resrict my experience and understanding of the world under my feet.
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