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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"Jason Spaceman" |
| Date: |
06 Jan 2005 11:53:03 PM |
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Commentary: Creationism creeps back into science class |
From the article:
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But while Darwin's insights have been elaborated upon, adjusted,
amplified and corrected over the past century, the panicky response of
his authoritarian-minded opponents has not. Properly understood,
evolution no more mandates atheism than does the tax code, which also
excludes supernatural explanations. Indeed, most "mainstream"
religious denominations have long ago quit seeing science as an enemy,
embracing its discoveries about the grandeur and complexity of the
physical universe as an inducement to reverence and awe.
Unfortunately, TV news networks seeking conflict and melodrama to
boost ratings are ill suited to explore such ideas and emotions.
Instead, they peddle simplistic "controversies" well suited to
suburbanites who have lost their way amid the moral and intellectual
confusions of contemporary life and cling to biblical literalism like
a life raft.
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Read it at
http://www.decaturdailydemocrat.com/articles/2005/01/06/news/opinion/editorial02.txt
J. Spaceman
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| User: "Féachadóir" |
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| Title: Re: Commentary: Creationism creeps back into science class |
07 Jan 2005 11:16:46 PM |
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Scríobh Jason Spaceman <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org>:
Properly understood,
evolution no more mandates atheism than does the tax code, which also
excludes supernatural explanations.
Render unto Caesar...
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"Ná sáruigther Seinglenn
aitreb na lec nime"
© Féachadóir
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