Mass Extinction

I feel that we are not currently in a mass extinction. I think if we were in a mass extinction, there would be more news about it and what should be done to stop this extinction. I think some people may think we are in a mass extinction because there are animals and plants that are going extinct but not to an extent that we could call it mass extinction. If we were going through a mass extinction, I think people would be a lot more concerned about it.

Evolution

When people say "evolution is just a theory," some may mean just that. They may not believe that evolution is happening. I really think the speakers are not intending to mean this. I think that many people take offense to the idea of evolution because many people don't want to think about how everything may have come about in a scientific manner. I believe that many people don't want to think that we could have possibly come from an animal that "fligs poop around." I've tried to avoid anything related to religion in any of my posts up until now. It is hard to talk about the evolutionary theory without thinking about religion. I have been brought up to believe in anything I want to believe in. I'm open to the idea of a lot of different ideas on how we as a species came about. This topic is very controversial and I don't even really fell comfortable talking about it. I believe that the evolutionary theory doesn't specifically attempt to undermine the beliefs of any one. I do believe that it is just an explnation of the natural world, which is all we really know.