Understandable opposition to teaching evolution

[John Grehan]

Bill Shear wrote

>In an internet poll based at their website, the editors of Time Magazine
>report that with more than 12,000 votes cast, respondants oppose the
>teaching of evolution by almost 2 to 1.
>
>In a survey of letters-to-the-editors columns in newspapers from cities
>with populations over 100,000, letters are running 3 to 1 in support of the
>Kansas School Board decision.

>From what I have seen about the teaching of evolution I'm not surprised.Perhaps
there is a religious/cultural factor involved as well, but the traditional
teaching of
evolution never gave me much confidence in the theory, so I'm not surprised
if many others reacted the same way.

John Grehan