How do you think Christian biology teachers feel...?

Question

When they have to teach evolution as a fact?

Answer 1

Most biology teachers recognize that evolution is a fact, regardless of their religion.  If they don't, they really didn't learn much about science.  If they didn't want to teach science, they shouldn't have taken a job teaching science.  It's that simple.  I don't believe in a god, so I wouldn't take a job teaching theology in a Christian school.  And if I did take it, and went in there are told the kids there was no god, they'd be perfectly in their rights to fire me.  Freedom of religion doesn't mean you don't have to do the job you're being paid to do, and doesn't protect you from being fired if you are incapable of doing that job.

The theory of evolution explains how and why it works.  But it is a fact that evolution happens.

Answer 2

They don't often teach evolution as a fact, only as a theory. Or at least that was the way I was taught.

Answer 3

Evolution is a fact.  Like gravity.  Look into it.  

As far as Catholics go, Pope John Paul II declared that there was no conflict between Evolution and Christianity.  He was infallible, you know.  

Funny how some Christians pick and choose to believe in medicine, cell phones, television, microwaves and nuclear weapons but not Human Evolution or the Big Bang . . .

Answer 4

The evolution of humans from another form is unproven, therefore it is a theory-not a fact- and it is taught as such.  But most Christian scientists understand that the evolution of other animals has been proven.  As to teaching the theory of evolution, I imagine it depends on the teacher, but hopefully, if they were smart enough to get through those college classes, they knew that this was a part of the job and came to terms with that before they got up in front of a classroom.  Christianity is about faith--believing in something for which there is no proof.  That alone explains why it has no place in a science classroom.

Answer 5

fine, because it is fact unlike creationism, that is totally made up!

Answer 6

My teacher said, this is what the text says, but, personally, I believe in creation.

Answer 7

I didn't go to a Christian school but I've had completely devoted Christians for teachers who have taught about that. Everyone I had believed in both, of course when they talking about creation my eyes gazed over because I think it is completely unrealistic, but I respected that they actually went beyond what I thought crazy believes and recognized the facts of evolution and taught us that.

Answer 8

I attended a Catholic school and my biology teacher taught it as a fact and I don't think she had any problems with that. No reason why God couldn't have intended organisms to evolve and change.

Answer 9

I went to a Christian school and what my biology teacher did was mainly teach about microevolution (animals evolving but the same species) , instead of macroevolution (which is one species evolving into other species).