Christian right Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Evolution=== {{see also|Creation and evolution in public education}} The Protestant members of the Christian right in the United States generally promote the teaching of [[creationism]] and [[intelligent design]] as opposed to, or alongside, biological evolution.<ref name="Ciment2015">{{cite book|last=Ciment|first=James|title=Postwar America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History|date=March 26, 2015|publisher=Routledge|language=en|isbn=9781317462354|page=513|quote=Throughout the twentieth century, many evangelicals accepted theistic evolution ... Some Christian right organizations supported the teaching of creationism, along with evolution, in public schools.}}</ref><ref name="Wilson2007">{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=J. Matthew|title=From Pews to Polling Places: Faith and Politics in the American Religious Mosaic|date=October 22, 2007|publisher=Georgetown University Press|language=en |isbn=9781589013261|page=178|quote=Among Catholics and Latinos who practice other religious traditions, more than seven in ten support having organized prayer in public schools. ... Catholics are much more likely to state that both evolution and creationism should be taught in the schools.}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/11/ap/national/mainD8DPVRQ84.shtml Pat Robertson Warns Pa. Town of Disaster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060809024450/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/11/ap/national/mainD8DPVRQ84.shtml |date=August 9, 2006 }}, CBSNews.com</ref><ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/10/politics/main1036232.shtml|Robertson: Pa. Voters Rejected God] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511162036/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/10/politics/main1036232.shtml%7crobertson: |date=May 11, 2013 }}, CBSNews.com</ref> Some supporters of the Christian right have opposed the teaching of evolution in the past, but they did not have the ability to stop it being taught in public schools as was done during the [[Scopes Trial]] in [[Dayton, Tennessee]], in which a science teacher went on trial for teaching about the subject of evolution in a public school.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/creation/voices/legal/bkgrd.htm |title=Court decisions regarding Evolution/Creationism |access-date=December 26, 2011}}</ref> Other "Christian right organizations supported the teaching of creationism, along with evolution, in public schools", specifically promoting [[theistic evolution]] (also known as evolutionary creationism) in which God is regarded as the originator of the process.<ref name="Ciment2015"/><ref name="Wilson2007"/> Members of and organizations associated with the Christian right, such as the [[Discovery Institute]], created and popularized the modern concept of intelligent design, which became widely known only with the publication of the book ''[[Of Pandas and People]]'' in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2007/08/the-true-origin.html |title=The true origin of 'intelligent design' |last=Matzke |first=Nick |author-link=Nick Matzke |date=August 14, 2007 |website=[[The Panda's Thumb (blog)|The Panda's Thumb]] |publisher=The TalkOrigins Foundation, Inc. |location=Houston, TX |type=Blog |access-date=July 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327191315/http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2007/08/the-true-origin.html |archive-date=March 27, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Discovery Institute, through their intelligent design initiative called the ''[[Center for Science and Culture]]'', has endorsed the [[teach the controversy|teach the controversy approach]]. According to its proponents, such an approach would ensure that both the strengths and weaknesses of evolutionary theory were discussed in the curriculum.<ref>Slack, Gordy. ''The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything''. (San Francisco: John Wiley and Sons, 2007), 67.</ref> This tactic was criticized by Judge [[John E. Jones III]] in ''[[Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District]]'', describing it as "at best disingenuous, and at worst a canard."<ref>[[s:Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District/4:Whether ID Is Science#Page 89 of 139|Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District: Memorandum Opinion by Judge John E. Jones III, page 89]]</ref> The overwhelming majority of scientific research, both in the United States and elsewhere, has concluded that the theory of evolution, using the [[scientific theory|technical definition]] of the word theory, is the only viable explanation of the development of life, and an overwhelming majority of biologists strongly support its presentation in public school science classes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncse.com/taking-action/project-steve |title=Project Steve |publisher=Ncse.com |access-date=December 26, 2011}}</ref> Outside the United States, as well as among American Catholics and Mainline Protestants, Christian conservatives have generally come to [[theistic evolution|accept]] the theory of evolution.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.onenewsnow.com/church/2014/11/03/pope-backs-evolution-vatican-calls-creation-%E2%80%98blasphemous%E2%80%99#.VOyIar-sWgM |title=Pope backs evolution, Vatican calls creation 'blasphemous' |access-date=February 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214060813/http://www.onenewsnow.com/church/2014/11/03/pope-backs-evolution-vatican-calls-creation-%E2%80%98blasphemous%E2%80%99#.VOyIar-sWgM |archive-date=February 14, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/4588289/The-Vatican-claims-Darwins-theory-of-evolution-is-compatible-with-Christianity.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/4588289/The-Vatican-claims-Darwins-theory-of-evolution-is-compatible-with-Christianity.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The Vatican claims Darwin's theory of evolution is compatible with Christianity|author=Chris Irvine|date=February 11, 2009|work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/about/policy-and-thinking/our-views|title=Our views|website=The Church of England}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/2910447/Charles-Darwin-to-receive-apology-from-the-Church-of-England-for-rejecting-evolution.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/2910447/Charles-Darwin-to-receive-apology-from-the-Church-of-England-for-rejecting-evolution.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Charles Darwin to receive apology from the Church of England for rejecting evolution|author=Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent|date=September 13, 2008|work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.georgetown.edu/book/georgetown/christianity-evolution|title=Christianity in Evolution|access-date=February 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224170354/http://press.georgetown.edu/book/georgetown/christianity-evolution|archive-date=February 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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