> The fact that these kids come communities where most of the parents are really dumb has to be hundreds of times more damaging than not getting a day or two wo

> The fact that these kids come communities where most of the parents are really dumb has to be hundreds of times more damaging than not getting a day or two worth of lecture. I think that's what the debate is actually about. The thing that needs to be "taught" isn't really evolution, it's that their parents/teachers/pastors/authorities can have very basic facts about the world very wrong, and as such kids should learn to think independently. This is why things like evolution and climate change are so threatening. What's always confused me is that it seems like it would be a lot easier to change religious beliefs to be consistent with facts, instead of the other way around. I don't understand why people are choosing to fight evolution rather than just doing the usual hand-waving magic to explain what science told us, but with a bit of gods and fairies mixed in.