BIO EXTRA CREDIT!!! YAYY!!! i wubs extra credits x] it's how i pass my classes tehe ^^

but yea... i'm not supposed to do homework at work. and all my e-mails are blocked on this puter. so the only thing closest to "sending" this to myself is posting this on my DA journal. you don't have to read this!! haha it's just my homework! nothing important :]


Summary of Seminar: (This space will expand to about ½ page as you write)
This is a NOVA documentary that discusses the big debate concerning the theory of evolution and of intelligent design that occurred in Dover, Pennsylvania. This debate started when someone burned a mural of the evolution of human from apes done by a student. Not long after that incident, one of the school board members proposed for the school to adopt another biology textbook, “Of Panda and People”, that involves both the theory of evolution as well as the theory of intelligent design. The controversy became bigger and was brought into public. There were many personal and political, emotional arguments created between everyone in the community. This case was later brought into the court, where both sides explained both ideas to the judge and the jury. They later found out that some people from the side for "intelligent design", including the school board member who proposed the idea of changing the textbook, misspoke in the court. Also, the idea of "intelligent design" rooted from a Christian point of view, which violates one of the constitutional rights (separation of church and state). The final verdict was to deny the adoption of the new textbook.

My thoughts and reflections on the seminar: (This space will expand to about ½ page as you write)
It was very disappointing to hear about the Christians that “misspoke” in the court about the Panda textbooks. Also, as a Christian, I do understand that the evolution theory seem to contradict the Bible. But there were so many fascinating studies done on this topic that point toward the theory of evolution. It is not something that was pulled out of thin air. Is it so hard to believe that God could have created evolution? And that the words of the Bible about the creation could have been figurative, like many other parts of it? Also, as the reporter said, this is not the most important thing in the Christian faith. I am still personally struggling with this matter.