Evolution

In 1859, Charles Darwin published his book The Origin of Species, a theory of evolution that is widely accepted in the scientific community today. In layman’s terms, evolution is a change in genes inherited over a period of time, changing a species to make them more fit for survival. The main opponents of evolution call themselves “creationists”, who use and interpret the Bible in different ways to explain the origins of life, without using physical evidence to prove their theories. There is overwhelming evidence that life began through the process known as evolution, yet it’s still a debate whether or not it should be taught in public schools. In states such as Alabama, evolution is said to be a “possible theory” in state-distributed textbooks. Rather than let children be misinformed, evolution should be solidified in schools as the most accurate theory of how life began.

Every American has the freedom to choose their religion, however, their beliefs shouldn’t be taught as a scientific theory alongside evolution. Stating that “God created the world” as a legitimate explanation is another way of saying, “Christianity is the correct religion”, which is unfair to other religious beliefs such as Hinduism and Buddhism, etc. There is nothing wrong with being in touch with your spiritual side, but it should be within reason and not be considered to be an alternate theory of life’s origins in public education unless backed up by evidence. Although evolution is universally taught in public schools across the United States, there are still anti-evolutionists who want to label evolution in the classroom as a “controversial hypothesis”.

According to a poll done by Gallup Analytics, 46% of Americans believe that humans were created by God i...

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...volution is a controversial hypothesis, because there hasn’t been another plausible evidence-based theory since evolution.

Evolution hasn’t always been backed by evidence. Before Darwin published his Origin of Species, evolution wasn’t widely known and only proposed by a few scientists. It wasn’t until Darwin had published his findings with a mechanism for evolutionary divergence that it was accepted as a scientific theory. This again proves that alternate theories for the origins of life must be backed by evidence.

Although many anti-evolutionists try to deny scientific evidence and use religious text as fact, they can’t prove that evolution isn’t the process for how the modern anatomical man exists today. Until they have evidence, they should not rally to label evolution as a “controversial hypothesis” given that there is overwhelming evidence that supports it.