Sample of student work for final argumentative presentation assignment of WRIT 3257: Scientific & Technical Presentations. Posted with permission of the author.
101. “ Seen in the light of evolution, biology is, perhaps, intellectually the most satisfying and inspiring science. Without that light it becomes a pile of sundry facts some of them interesting or curious but making no meaningful picture as a whole.” ~Theodosius Dobzhansky, The American Biology Teacher
113. “ [Debaters wrongly present the two sides] as if they were alternatives that are exclusive - whoever believes in the creator could not believe in evolution, and whoever asserts belief in evolution would have to disbelieve in God.” ~Pope Benedict XVI , as quoted in the New York Post, July 26, 2007
114. “ This contrast is an absurdity, because there are many scientific tests in favor of evolution , which appears as a reality that we must see and enriches our understanding of life and being .” ~Pope Benedict XVI , as quoted in the New York Post, July 26, 2007
115. “ But the doctrine of evolution does not answer all questions, and it does not answer, above all, the great philosophical question: From where does everything come? ” ~Pope Benedict XVI , as quoted in the New York Post, July 26, 2007
118. “ Anglicans, Catholics, most Protestant Christians, and Conservative and Reformed Jews believe that God is the Creator, but that he works through the process of evolution, as revealed through modern science.” ~National Center for Science Education
119. Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, the United Church of Christ and many other denominations do not assert that Creation occurred literally as described in Genesis. The majority of Christian seminaries do not teach a Biblical literalist creation. ~National Center for Science Education
120. Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, the United Church of Christ and many other denominations do not assert that Creation occurred literally as described in Genesis. The majority of Christian seminaries do not teach a Biblical literalist creation. ~National Center for Science Education
121. A small but powerful minority see evolution as a threat to God.
122. “ It is ludicrous to mistake the Bible and the Koran for primers of natural science. They treat of matters even more important: the meaning of man and his relations to God. ” ~Theodosius Dobzhansky, The American Biology Teacher
123. It’s important to teach evolution so students can understand how life on earth works.