RE: Anti-intellectualism Is Killing America
June 21, 2015 at 3:35 am
(This post was last modified: June 21, 2015 at 3:37 am by robvalue.)
When religion is such a force, and religion sees science as a threat rather than an ally, this is what happens I guess.
If a politician in England said any of that ignorant shit about science, they would be a laughing stock. And I've never once heard of religion trying to fuck around with our teaching in schools, at least in recent times.
Religion is threatened by knowledge and critical thinking. It instead urges people to just believe what they are told and stfu. So I'm not at all surprised that places where religion has a big hold are vulnerable to this.
It's really sad, and I hope that somehow religion's grip on America can be loosened soon so that America is not fighting its own progress.
If a politician in England said any of that ignorant shit about science, they would be a laughing stock. And I've never once heard of religion trying to fuck around with our teaching in schools, at least in recent times.
Religion is threatened by knowledge and critical thinking. It instead urges people to just believe what they are told and stfu. So I'm not at all surprised that places where religion has a big hold are vulnerable to this.
It's really sad, and I hope that somehow religion's grip on America can be loosened soon so that America is not fighting its own progress.
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