I bet that most high school science teachers have not been educated at all
in philosophy. And I'm not sure that better philosophy education would
help. I do agree with Art that high school biology (indeed, even intro
biology profs in college) may not be well educated in evolutionary biology.
In fact the public as a whole seems to have a poor understanding about
evolution (in one letter in the local newspaper, the writer stated that he
was taller than his father and that his son is taller than he is--egro
evolution!!). Given the intense nature of the debate, the lack of
understanding is truely frightening.
>And then there are the issues of their own spiritual joirney that must be
>dealt with. I don't doubt Steve's ability to finesse this at the college
>level. How many others would be as open-minded and how many particularly
>at the high school level where the students are much more susceptible to
>pressures from either side?
Do these problems also arise when evolution is talked about in Sunday schools?
Steve