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I did see the article.  I believe that article included a survey that said 
that 55% of people believe that we were created as we are!  wow.

HOWever!  In the survey was this question (I belive this is how it was 
worded) -- "do you believe that human beings adapted from less advanced life forms?" 
 This is an intriguing and concerning way to word the question.  

Here's why: by suggesting that we evolved from "less advanced" life forms, we 
are essentially suggesting that, adapatation by adaptation, we are evolving 
toward perfection.  That is -- any species which is NOW on earth is, by 
definition, MORE EVOLVED and therefore more PERFECT than species that were on the 
earth before us.

If we are teaching that concept as science -- and I believe many of us, 
inadvertantly, are doing just that -- then we are reinforcing the idea of 
intelligent design.  How could things get more and more perfect without something 
intending (and defining) such perfection?

What's very important -- and yet very difficult -- to get across is the 
notion that life evolves to changing circumstances.  That dinosaurs were as perfect 
(or more perfect) for their circumstances as we are for ours.  That humans 
have many adaptations that cause as much trouble as they create opportunity.  
Bipedalism is not a universally good thing -- given back injury, difficulty with 
birth, slower gait, etc. etc.!

Lisa



Lisa Jo Rudy, Writer/Consultant
625 Chelten Hills Drive
Elkins Park, PA 19027
http://www.lisarudy.com/
215-635-9735

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