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Politics : Evolution
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To: Tunica Albuginea who wrote (687)9/17/1999 10:33:00 AM
From: Bill Ounce  Read Replies (3) of 69300
 
re: straw horse arguments from Creationists

"In China we can criticize Darwin but not the government. In America you can criticize the government but not Darwin."

Notice the deception here. Religion inspired people wish to block the teaching of a scientific theory which is the foundation of biology. This is a separation of Church and State issue more than a criticism of Darwin issues. (Which the Creationists say separation of Church and State is a bad idea, forgetting that the reason people came to this continent was for Religious freedom and forgetting the centuries of wars in Western Europe between government sponsored Christian factions -- Even in the 20th century, when a religion gains control of a country nasty things start happening in the name of God.)

a philosophy known as materialism or scientific naturalism. This philosophy insists that nature is all there is, or at least the only thing about which we can have any knowledge.

Science is based upon observation, we can't observe God, so Science can say nothing about God. That's why God is left out of the picture. It's kinda like trying to do a math proof using a step "then a miracle occurred". For more info see talkorigins.org and talkorigins.org

So one reason the science educators panic at the first sign of public rebellion is that they fear exposure of the implicit religious content in what they are teaching.

No, one reason science educators panic is that they have studied the history of science and know how in the past religion has persecuted scientists.

These are but a few of the most obvious problems with that particular posting.
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