Buzzygirl wrote:


"uncle arnie" wrote in message
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And there is no contradiction between evolution and religious faith.

Try telling that to the rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth fundies... with them,
it's gotta be either/or. Either you believe in creationism as set forth in
the Bible, or you're a hellbound evolutionist heathen that's in league
with the Antichrist. I'm not specifically picking on Christians here, but
their fundie subgroups are the ones who seem to be making the most noise
about this. Yet I know lots of Christians who believe in evolution. They
don't seem to see any real reason why they can't believe in both God and
evolution.

This whole "intelligent design" thing is just a ploy by the fundies to
make creationism (their version, of course) somehow more palatable to
school boards. To which I say, if you don't like the fact that public
schools can't espouse any particular religious teaching, then send your
kids to a parochial school or home-school them.

My children are getting a science education at school including evolution in
high school, and they get their church at church. Curriculums here are set
by the province. I'm just an observer on this.

I don't profess to know if the universe was 'created' in the Biblical
sense. Being an amateur astronomer, I admit that I have looked up on many
more than a few occasions at the grandeur of the night sky and wondered
how it all got there. But the cosmologists don't have all the answers
either. No one does.

Which is pretty much where every thinking person is at.

Jackie
"Believe those who seek the truth... and doubt those who claim to have
found it"