Turkish schools to stop teaching evolution, oficial says

[vostok]

I thought it was fake.

 

[jamal18]

Darwin tried to explain the variety of species with his hypothesis. There's a major difference between hypothesis and theory. A hypothesis is just like opinion without evidence. When a hypothesis is proven it becomes a theory. Darwin's idea is still a hypothesis and the science lovers on this forum are ignoring this critical fact.

I find it strange that so many people regard the theory of evolution as gospel, they have more faith in it than the religious have in the bible!

As my old science teacher told me, every scientific theory that ever was has been proved wrong. A theory is based on 'facts'; when new fact appear (or old ones are devalued ), the theory falls.

 

[帅的一匹]

Rather stupid

 

[SouI]

As my old science teacher told me, every scientific theory that ever was has been proved wrong. A theory is based on 'facts'; when new fact appear (or old ones are devalued ), the theory falls.

And the fact that a theory still stands, shows that it has not been able to be disproven yet.


That is how science works. There is a theory there, try to disprove it everyone! If still stands, until it is finally disproven, it is still the most legitimate information.

 

[veg]

It is strange that none of the religions were able to tell about Neanderthals.
Bible says Adam came only 6000 years ago.
Islamic ahadith are there which ars also telljng Adam came only 6000 years ago.

Therefore, theere are some reasons to doubt these religious stories.

Quran says skies and earth were created at same time in 6 days, but it could never be true according to science which tells that universe was created about 14.5 billion years avo,while our earth came into existence only about 4.8 billion years ago.

 

[帅的一匹]

Why the narrative of how Lord create humans are same in Bible(God) and Quran(Allah). Is there any possibility this is the same story told by two different persons: Gesus and Muhammed? Just being curious!

 

[Kabira]

Why the narrative of how Lord create humans are same in Bible and Quran. Is there any possibility this is the same story told by two different persons: Gesus and Muhammed? Just being curious!

Both are abrahamic religions with origins in middle east.

 

[Gibbs]

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Turkish schools to stop teaching evolution, official says


Board of education chairman says subject is debatable, controversial and too complicated for students



Kareem Shaheen and Gözde Hatunoğlu in Istanbul

Friday 23 June 2017 06.00 BSTLast modified on Friday 23 June 201707.04 BST

Evolution will no longer be taught in Turkish schools, a senior education official has said, in a move likely to raise the ire of the country’s secular opposition.

Alpaslan Durmuş, who chairs the board of education, said evolution was debatable, controversial and too complicated for students.

“We believe that these subjects are beyond their [students] comprehension,” said Durmuş in a video published on the education ministry’s website.

Durmuş said a chapter on evolution was being removed from ninth grade biology course books, and the subject postponed to the undergraduate period. Another change to the curriculum may reduce the amount of time that students spend studying the legacy of secularism.

Critics of the government believe public life is being increasingly stripped of the secular traditions instilled by the nation’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

The secular opposition has long argued that the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is pursuing a covert Islamist agenda contrary to the republic’s founding values. Education is a particularly contentious avenue, because of its potential in shaping future generations. Small-scale protests by parents in local schools have opposed the way religion is taught.

There is little acceptance of evolution as a concept among mainstream Muslim clerics in the Middle East, who believe it contradicts the story of creation in scripture, in which God breathed life into the first man, Adam, after shaping him from clay. Still, evolution is briefly taught in many high school biology courses in the region.

The final changes to the curriculum are likely to be announced next week after the Muslim Eid or Bayram festival at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. The draft changes had been put forth for public consultation at the beginning of the year.

The subject of evolution in particular stirred debate earlier this year after Numan Kurtulmuş, the deputy prime minister,described the process as a theory that was both archaic and lacking sufficient evidence.

Reports in Turkish media in recent weeks, based on apparent leaks of school board meetings, have also predicted a diminished role in the curriculum for the study of Atatürk, and an increase in the hours devoted to studying religion. Durmuş said that a greater emphasis would be placed on the contributions of Muslim and Turkish scientists and history classes would move away from a “Euro-centric” approach.

The changes were based on a broad public consultation in which parents and the public played a key role, he said.

The Islamist-secularist debate is just one of a series of divides in a country that two months ago narrowly approved a referendum granting President Erdoğan broad new powers.

Many in the religiously conservative element of the president’s support base admire his piety and see his ascension as a defeat of the elite “White Turks” – a westernised elite that used to dominate the upper echelons of society and was accused of looking down with disdain on poorer, more religiously inclined citizens.

The secular opposition worries that the president and his party are reshaping Turkish society and clinging to neo-Ottoman ideals that see Turkey as the vanguard of a greater Islamic nation.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ools-to-stop-teaching-evolution-official-says

Regression

 

[Godman]

Why the narrative of how Lord create humans are same in Bible(God) and Quran(Allah). Is there any possibility this is the same story told by two different persons: Gesus and Muhammed? Just being curious!

Different versions of the same religion. The creation story was from before Jesus or Prophet Muhommad.
According to Theistic evolution, story in the books are not literal as God directs evolution and evolution is compatible with Islam as long as they accept that Humans were created through divine intervention

 

[Gibbs]

It is strange that none of the religions were able to tell about Neanderthals.
Bible says Adam came only 6000 years ago.
Islamic ahadith are there which ars also telljng Adam came only 6000 years ago.

Therefore, theere are some reasons to doubt these religious stories.

Quran says skies and earth were created at same time in 6 days, but it could never be true according to science which tells that universe was created about 14.5 billion years avo,while our earth came into existence only about 4.8 billion years ago.

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” - Gautama Buddha

 

[Godman]

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” - Gautama Buddha

Unsurprisingly according to a poll by Pew in 2009 in the US Buddhists and Hindus had the highest percentage of people accepting Evolution

@Nilgiri

 

[Gibbs]

Unsurprisingly according to a poll by Pew in 2009 in the US Buddhists and Hindus had the highest percentage of people accepting Evolution

@Nilgiri

Yep no surprises.. Also shows how progressive American jews have become, Even though the Torah is basically the original text of the old testament

 

[RoyalTigerHunter]

Why the narrative of how Lord create humans are same in Bible(God) and Quran(Allah). Is there any possibility this is the same story told by two different persons: Gesus and Muhammed? Just being curious!

No the narrative are not same in both texts. Islam, Christianity and Judaism have similarities because they originated in the same geographical area, IMHO, and incorporated common believes from that region.

 

[Khan_patriot]

You really do struggle to comprehend the simplest concepts, don't you? I meant that my beliefs were obvious from the posts directed towards you, not from the ones found elsewhere.

So take your self loathing *** somewhere else, **** off.

 

[RAMPAGE]

So take your self loathing *** somewhere else, **** off.

A very intelligent comeback, but sure, gladly.