A few points here Bex . . .

The Columbine killers were off their heads on psych drugs. They could just as easily have said they did it for the Easter bunny.

Eugenics is unjustifiable and immoral. People like the Nazis who cited evolution as a reason for it were conveniently ignoring reality. Just because we evolved to be the way we are today, does that mean we are OK to behave like animals? We also evolved brains that think, and we follow a general code of morality and ethics. My morality tells me that no type of human is superior to another, or that certain people should be prevented from reproducing because of their "inferior" gene stock. Evolution does not touch the moral question of one group of people attacking another because this is somehow "survival of the fittest." Imperialism is exploitation of a people who are unable to defend themselves. People who do evil things can claim whatever reason they like for doing them, that doesn't excuse the acts.

Maybe you'll be disappointed to hear that my education is conventional LOL. I went to school in the US, did 4 years at a liberal arts college, trained to teach in the UK and did 5 years of that. All my life I have been a jack of all trades and master of none. The thought of being pigeonholed into one specific career or discipline is anathema to me, so I learn as much as I can about a lot of things because I just love learning. I may not be as expert in my teaching subject as some others, because I took all kinds of different classes in college, but I value everything I learned there. I read books, read the internet, talk to people, same as many others. If I need to educate myself about something, I do it. Maybe I just have a good recall of stuff I learned in school too, even back to high school and before that. I might forget my keys on the top of my car and drive off with them, foggy-brained as I am right now, but at least I still have a fairly sizeable body of knowledge in my head that doesn't look like going away just yet.

Like I said, I'll look up any links you give me. I'm honestly curious now about what a non-religious person has to say by way of criticism of evolution. Don't expect me to change my views much though, I can't see that happening <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Though maybe I do stand to learn something.

Linda.