It's not all bad

A recent article in the LA Times reported what appears to be a growing trend among high school students: they are standing up for the faith; or, at least demanding real answers for evolutionary questions. The article follows a teacher through a class, documenting how students raise challenging questions and statements regarding the veracity of evolution.

Two decades of political and legal maneuvering on evolution has spilled over into public schools, and biology teachers are struggling to respond. Loyal to the accounts they've learned in church, students are taking it upon themselves to wedge creationism into the classroom, sometimes with snide comments but also with sophisticated questions--and a fervent faith.

As sophomore Daniel Read put it: "I'm going to say as much about God as I can in school, even if the teachers can't."

Such challenges have become so disruptive that some teachers dread the annual unit on evolution--or skip it altogether.

In response, the American Assn. for the Advancement of Science is distributing a 24-page guide to teaching the scientific principles behind evolution, starting in kindergarten. The group also has issued talking points for teachers flustered by demands to present "both sides."

Don't you love it? Those pesky teenagers keep bringing up questions that evolution cannot answer. Must be frustrating. Glad I'm not a biology teacher.

"We're not going to roll over and take this," said Alan I. Leshner, the executive publisher of the journal Science. "These teachers are facing phenomenal pressure. They need help."

The teachers need help? The teachers need help to be able to answer the questions their students have? I thought the students were the ones in need of education! I really should be careful here. This borders on being a gleeful blog at the inadequacies of the evolutionists. There is great encouragement, though, that our teenagers are learning and standing firm on God's inspired Word. Take heart; all is not lost, our Lord is Alive!