Quote:If some people choose to believe something happened when you think the evidence states otherwise (or indeed for for which there is no evidence) how does this impact on you?
Ah, let me answer this one for Thom.
http://www.alternet.org/belief/6-sneaky-...da-america
Quote:5) What they want: To end the teaching of evolution in schools. This battle has been going on since at least the 1920s, and every time it comes around, the religious right gets a little better at hiding its religious motivations behind secularist claims.
The secular reasons they give: The current strategy is to claim that evolutionary theory is scientifically controversial, and therefore schools should “teach the controversy.” Clearly, they hope to give students reason to doubt the theory of evolution. In reality, there is no controversy. As the National Center for Science Education has stated, "There is no serious scientific doubt that evolution occurred or that natural selection is a major mechanism of evolution.”
The unconstitutional, actual religious reasons: For Biblical literalists, evolution is an uncomfortable topic because the Bible says God created the world in the space of six days. While evolution correctly holds that human beings are primates who evolved from a common ancestor, the Bible teaches that God made them out of “the dust of the ground” (Genesis 2:7). Why that is supposed to be less demeaning is hard to say.
So, I really don't give a rat's ass if you think god is punishing us because rib-woman took a bite from the wrong tree. But when dickheads like the xtian right try to force their bullshit on everyone else THEN I have a problem.
This place is just for fun. The real battle is out in the streets.
