uncle arnie wrote:

Surprised by this story from 23Mar on BBC ~0400 UTC on 5975. Discussed a
school board in Pennsylvania which wanted to teach "creationism" in the
guise of "intelligent design", which sounds like spin on creationism. They
suggested that fundamentalists are trying to do this all over America. Is
this so? Is scientific understanding really this poor? The accepted
understanding is: evolution is a "scientific theory", which does not mean
'theory' in the everyday sense. That evolution occurred is a fact, only
the details are being worked out, which is the testable scientific theory
part. And there is no contradiction between evolution and religious faith.
Yep, the fundies have taken control of America, of all three branches of
government and many of the school boards and so on, and they're more
intent on saving souls than reality, and when reality clashes with the
Bible it's reality that gets thrown out the window. Go to Amazon and
order the book "With God On Their Side" by Esther Kaplan; it shows how
the fundies have gotten government to fund religion in direct
contradiction of the First Amendment, how they've warped science to fit
predetermined Biblical conclusions, and how they have the support of the
majority of Americans to do all this. In this world, Islam is evil, Jews
are "uncompleted Christians", and 9-11 was God's punishment for
America's wickedness. The solution: convert Muslims and Jews and
legislate morality at home to force people to be righteous. If you're
not scared yet, you haven't been paying attention.


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