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RE: What Even is Evolution by Natural Selection, Anyway? A Beginner's Guide
I was raised in a very strict Baptist family, but we didn't have a problem with the idea that Book of Genesis wasn't literal--in fact, the contradictions in the literal text reveal spiritual meaning (man made on the sixth day, man was God's highest creation, then it says man made on the fifth day, man co-created with God). My mom was even the town's only biology teacher--and she most certainly did teach evolution. Here's something both sides leave out though. Evolution only applies to traits that are expressed BEFORE you reproduce. A gene that only has importance in old age isn't part of evolution--because it's not relevant to reproducing babies.
That's true, and the really contentious stuff in evolution (like group selection) is often ignored because the media focuses on the false, manufactured controversy creationists push about whether evolution happens at all.
Besides group selection I might also have discussed epigenetics, k selection versus r selection and loads of tertiary theories. But this was meant only as a basic introduction to the concept for somebody whose understanding of evolution was intentionally stunted growing up. I will leave the finer details to somebody more qualified. :)
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Thank you for your kind words.