Yes, Jeanie, everyone is entitled to their beliefs. As you've shared yours here, we've simply questioned your system for validating them. As RAZD has pointed out, it seems to be a matter of what you are personally comfortable with, regardless of objective evidence. I hope you'll be interested in clicking on some of the links offered here and learning a bit more about the subjects under discussion, but of course that's up to you.

What's not up to you is to walk into a science class, misrepresent what evolution is and what its implications are, and leave students feeling confused and disturbed. I am a high school teacher myself and this kind of thing makes me angry; our job is to help students learn about life and about themselves, and it means we need to understand what it is that we are teaching them for a start.

If you'd like to discuss any of the specific issues raised here, such as Lucy, please feel free.