It's too bad, because actually teaching the theory of evolution by natural selection seems appropriate. Of course actually teaching it also means teaching the u

It's too bad, because actually teaching the theory of evolution by natural selection seems appropriate. Of course actually teaching it also means teaching the unknowns like, to name just a few, why did life begin, why did the Cambrian explosion happen, why did sex evolve when it reduces many genes' chance of being passed on by about 50%, how does gradual mutation select for structures like eyes, and what causes mutation fixation to increase to a rate that can explain the current genetic diversity on the planet? And of course for many people it's an emotional issue because they think it has some kind of religious significance. Interestingly, I see that kind of religious obsession from atheists as well as the, in my view, less intellectually sophisticated theists. Personally, being Catholic, I have no problem with the theory of evolution by natural selection. I think the open questions are interesting and like any theory describing something as complex as the entire biosphere there are going to be many difficulties and perhaps there is a better theory waiting to be discovered, but the notion that God might have effected creation gradually through natural processes that He established just isn't a problem for my faith.