Evolution is a fact!

I have many interests: science, history, philosophy, and languages to name a few. But one thing I hold fast to is truth. That is why I am so offended at the way creationists twist what scientists say to make it look like there is scientific debate over whether or not evolution happened. Evolution happens. Get over it. The debate is not IF evolution occurs, but HOW it occurs, i.e., in the details of the mechanisms involved.

I wrote a song some years ago called Evolution whose refrain is “You’re related to a monkey!”  Some years after that, 1997 to be exact, I wrote a persuasive speech called Teaching Evolution that dealt with the crisis in science education in American public schools due to ignorance of the public about this issue. Well, I got many replies to this essay over the years, so in 2007 I wrote a Reply to Christian Fundamentalists to answer the most common objections.

I still get emails from people about this subject. Sometimes I take the time to patiently explain my point of view and why I hold it. Other times I point them to other resources and tell them it is not my job to educate them.