Even though "Gallup polls over the last 25 years, nearly half of American adults have consistently said they believe God created all living things in their present form, sometime in the last 10,000 years", there is still constant debate over what should be taught in public schools.
Some teachers decide to take a stand and teach alternative theories to evolution:
“I don’t think we have this great massive change over time where we go from fish to amphibians, from monkeys to man," biology teacher, Teresa Yancey said. “We see lizards with different-shaped tails, we don’t see blizzards — the lizard bird.”
Even the students that were interviewed understood the implications of evolution better than most scientists:
“Evolution is telling you that you’re like an animal,” Bryce agreed. “That’s why people stand strong with Christianity, because it teaches people to lead a good life and not do wrong.”
Exactly. If you tell kids they are animals, they will act like animals....If we evolved from flotsum in the sea, who can tell us that anything is wrong? If we evolved from animals then nothing immoral can bother us...Abortion, murder, terrorism...all are just natural parts of living out "survival of the fittest."