Oppression in College Classrooms

At the liberal arts college I went to half of the professors in the biology department attended the same Methodist church. In fact, being a liberal arts college they considered religious studies to be a necessary part of a well rounded education. Frankly, Focus on the Family is barking up the wrong tree. I would hazard a guess that for every professor they can find that looks down on religious students we could find 3 or 4 religious professors that look down on atheist students. This seems to be another example of the martyr fantasy that some christian sects actively portray to make themselves feel like better christians.

I don't think you really need to delve into religion v. science. My biology teacher in high school gave a similar speech but left out any reference to religion. She just said that you are required to know what the theory of evolution says, but you don't have to agree with it. She even gave pointers on how to answer essay questions. All you need to do is start the answer with "The theory of evolution states . . ." and go from there.If students keep pushing you could go on to say that if you go on to have a career in the biological sciences you will need to know how to apply the theory to your work. Go on to say that no current researcher is using anything other than evolution in their work when it deals with how biodiversity is produced in the natural world. Evolution is taught to prepare students for further education at the university level and for careers as scientists.

But should students insist that this theology be a part of science class? Even more, should students insist that their professors address these theological concepts as a part of science class?