Evolution should be taught in schools

Thanks to Pro for his response; I'll do likewise.Pro's rebut to my (very brief) proof of evolutionForgive me, I didn't mean to define it again; the definition stayed the same. However, I felt it was appropriate in the context of my argument. On the "ban it from schools". Again, I meant to say "ban the teaching of it in schools". "For the sake of argument, let's say that evolution is CORRECT. Would we see a frog outside transforming into a human?" No."Or would we see a ape transforming into a human with our own eyes?" No.These appear to be Pro's main points, but Pro has completely ignored my argument. Instead, it seems as though he persists with using the over arching theory. However, in context, I have already explained that we are not talking about that; we are debating about the biological phenomenon. Thus, this is irrelevant. Don't get me wrong! Is it irrelevant to evolution as a whole? No! But: Is it irrelevant to this debate? Yes. I have already explained why in both round two and round three. Pro's rebut to my history proposalIt seems I will concede this. Why? Because I have just realised that in round two, I was referring to the history of evolutionary thought. Whereas, this is evolution itself. Therefore, I am making straw men. I apologise and concede the point.Pro's contention: It disagrees with people's beliefsWhile I am sure that it does - particularly in America - my opponent gives an implication here:The values of Christianity trump anyone else's.However strongly my opponent may agree with this, I must point out that there is the separation of Church and State in America[1], rendering this argument invalid. Also, I will point out two things about my opponent's source:1) It probably uses a foundational bias fallacy. This should be obvious, the website is called "dontteachevolution[...].com". 2) It makes very bad arguments.e.g.: "This means that large sums of students in all public schools are Christians and strongly disagree with evolution."[2] This source gives the implication that: You're a Christian, therefore, you reject evolution. This is demonstrably false, as we can tell by the number of Christians who accept evolution.I think it is rational to reject this source as "reliable".Further support of evolutionSince I have conceded the history contention; I will now further support evolution as the biological phenomenon. First, we have the presence of pseudogenes, also known as junk DNA. This is effectively DNA that is useless and doesn't do anything[3]. Why is it there? Evolutionary theory explains this perfectly. We would expect to see the presence of pseudogenes from many mutations accumulating that no longer help the organism survive. Second, we have the tomcod example. From 1947-1976, the Hudson river had PCBs dumped into it. These are toxic chemicals, understand. At first, the population of the tomcods were devastated, as was expected. However, they recovered. Perplexed, the scientists discovered that the population of fish (>=90%) had developed a resistance. Or, to be more accurate, they had evolved. A mutation that rendered a single fish (or maybe a few more, depending on the time the mutation took effect) highly resistant to the chemicals contained within the PCBs had passed on its (or their) traits to offspring. Consequently, as the breeding of now resistant fish continued, within a few generations, >=90% of the group were resistant.[4][5] So, there was genetic variation in the given population of tomcods over a span of time [that rendered them highly resistant to certain PCB toxins]. Evolution by definition. Therefore, it is a real thing! We can teach it in schools; indeed, we should, because it is basic biology and vital for science.ConclusionsI have shown how my opponent's rebut to my brief proof of evolution is invalid; I have conceded the history lesson point; I have refuted my opponent's contention on people's beliefs, and I have given yet more proof of the biological phenomenon called "evolution". The resolution has been negated. Source(s):[1]http://en.wikipedia.org...[2]http://dontteachevolution.blogspot.co.uk...[3]http://en.wikipedia.org...[4]http://en.wikipedia.org...[5]http://www.livescience.com...