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Originally Posted by Lyndsee
In Biology class we are taught evolution as a way that we might have got here.
There is more then one idea on how we got here.
If you're going to teach one side, teach the other..
I Wish they would teach religion in school, or atleast the idea of how we got here from a religious stand point. I wish they would teach that part while they taught evolution that way we have both sides..
or I wish that evolution was not apart of Biology class. I wish it was a sperate class that you have the option of taking. If that were the case, I wish religion was an optional class to take too. 
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Huh? Biology class without evolution? That certainly is possible but when it comes to studying anatomy and physiology, it's useful to know why the anatomy and why the physiology is the way it is, and not that it is this way so learn it! It's like saying one will teach chemistry but just no math. How do you do any stoichiometry, any calculations, any interpretations and understanding?
Religion is by itself, if it's optional, then it doesn't effect other subjects by not taking it but for evolution being optional from biology, biology is based on evolution, it's a way of understanding biology of modern organisms. It's a way of understanding ecology, microbiology, etc... . Hell, it can even affect non-biological courses, such as psychology and anthropology. By not teaching religion, which non-religion classes are affected? None. Which non-religion classes are affected? None.
I agree that it would be good to teach religion in schools, at least have it as optional but it would create a large hassle. For example, finding a teacher who isn't biased to one of the religions taught. Despite these and other hassles, I still think there should be at least an optional religion class.
If one is to offer a biology class, then evolution is part of it. It doesn't need to consume the entire biology curriculum but at least some of it, the basics, should be taught. Let me give you an example of why it should be taught:
Question: For mitochondria, why are there more membranes around it?
Answer: They were free-floating independent of eukaryotes and got engulfed, a symbiotic relationship formed, etc... . That is an evolutionary view BUT is pertinent to modern microbiology. It affects the physiology of the cell and would it really make any sense to teach how the physiology is based on the extra membranes and emphasize there being more membranes without saying why or how they got there? Not really.
Just out of curiousity, have you taken a course in biology that dealt with evolution?