Survival of Fittest Theory

Survival of the fittest. Adapt and thrive. Develop to meet new
challenges in the environment. Those are terms commonly associated
with the theory of evolution. In the future, evolution may have to
adapt to meet new challenges from a competitor to prove its fitness as
a theory in Utah's public schools.


Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, plans to introduce legislation in
the 2006 session which would require that "divine design" be taught in
conjunction with evolution, with students being able to make up their
own minds about the two theories.


Divine design, also known as "intelligent design," is not Biblical
creationism, but rather a theory that the complexity of the natural
world leads to the conclusion that it could not have occurred without
being created, or at least set in motion by, some sort of superior
power, which may or may not be God. Some leading proponents of
intelligent design do not take a position on evolution. Some state
that it is possible that evolution and divine design could work
together.


It should be remembered that evolution is a scientific "theory" -
meaning it is the best hypothesis scientists have to explain their
observations in the natural world. Theory is a long way from
scientific "fact." Even though evolution is supposed to be taught as
scientific theory under the present educational system, if young
people are only presented with one theory, they are likely to assume
that is either fact or the only way to explain things. Teaching divine
design in conjunction with evolution gives students a better
opportunity to understand that, at this point, we don't have all the
facts yet. They will have an opportunity to weigh the two theories in
their own mind and decide how each one relates to his or her own
beliefs.



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