Edited sentence: , makes a compelling argument that evolutionary theory would not be nearly as entrenched (politically,  scientifically and academically) in a world without creationistic religious and cultural traditions.At its core, the best science must always question assumptions, find paradigms in which to see the world in new ways, synthesize seemingly conflicting findings, and incorporate new discoveries and theories.By being interpreted by the courts as Factual Evolution, (most recently in 2005 with Dover) evolutionism has resulted in a major violation of intellectual and religious freedoms.Considered outside its controversial social context, evolution, as a theory, offers few benefits.Evolutionary theory has become static precisely because of beliefs-driven politicization: Evolutionism.Historically, whenever this happens, it results in the degradation of science.However, the problem becomes far more perilous when an unethical "scientific priesthood" (with Ph.In fact, it may be argued through pure logic (applied to otherwise accepted terms and definitions in science), that evolution should not enjoy the status of a true theory, but is, in fact, perhaps a hypothesis--even that being a stretch in consideration of its general lack of falsifiability.Instead, they must give them tools and opportunities to observe, hypothesize, experiment, analyze and theorize for themselves.Ironically, it is much more akin to religious instruction.Packaging and presenting science as a completed body of facts is far more dangerous to the development of real science in society.Science educators--particularly those teaching the youngest students--should argue that it is wholly inappropriate to indoctrinate young minds with such beliefs presented as facts.The scientific establishment treats evolution as a sacred and inviolable truth--a sad state of affairs indeed.They must develop science in the abstract much as they develop language.Vine Deloria, Jr.While interesting, it is certainly poorly supported, being largely un-testable, irreproducible and unverifiable from hypotheses.Without a doubt the Catholic Church has been the cause of many such degradations.s no less) 1) misuses their authority and vioates their own core values to bar dissent or contrary scholarship, 2) colludes with media to advance a hidden agenda intent on deceiving the general populous, 3) misleads the courts concerning uncertainty, and 4) misinforms politicians regarding facts versus postulates, all in order to support their own, anti-religious views