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Starting
college is a major transitional stage in one's life. For me, it was a
time filled with both excitement and nervous apprehension. For months
I had been dreaming about what the experience would be like—what
my dorm would look like, how the food would taste and all the classes
I would take. I was especially excited about the last one; I had so many
options when it came to planning my schedule—physics, sociology,
political science, engineering, theater, classics, English composition
. . . The list seemed endless.
So when my Church friends in my local congregation and from across the country asked me what I was taking and I replied, "Education, Psychology and Evolution," red lights automatically started flashing in their heads. "Evolution . . . why would she want to take that if she had so many other options!" many of them thought, and even a few of them outwardly questioned. To some, it sounded wrong and ungodly. To me, it made perfect sense.
Throughout
my schooling experience I was one of the lucky high school students who
never had to deal with an overly liberal biology teacher forcing the
theory of evolution down my throat, so I never really understood the
concepts that formed its framework. I have always believed that education
is one of the most powerful tools one can utilize, and that it is not
only ignorant, but wrong to say you don't believe something without thoroughly
understanding why and what exactly you don't believe.
I knew and had been taught throughout the years that evolution was wrong, and that I shouldn't believe it, but I didn't know the different pieces that built up this supposedly scientific theory of our existence. I was on a quest for knowledge, and thought college would be the perfect opportunity to further this journey.
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