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March 14, 2005
Evolution. The Dangers of Going to Bed with the Parties of God
I am a bit concerned with this type of news:
Battle on Teaching Evolution Sharpens
By Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, March 14, 2005; Page A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32444-2005Mar13.html
Being utterly irreligious and in fact in general vaguely hostile to religiousity, I have never particularly liked the interaction of the religious with education.(*) I positively despise this sort of movement. Throw the religious a bone where necessary but allowing them to intrude into matters not of their competence (although frankly I confess I see no particular competences...), and above in science education where the US badly trials to begin with, is dangerous to the national interest. They should be crushed.
(*: This brings to mind something: in an early sign of my amoral nature I have an amusing memory of playing a strategy game called diplomacy as a boy -this being in those primitive days before electronic games- which involved a great deal of deal making and breaking. An occasion which sticks in my mind of an instance where one of the others, quite religious, made me swear to God and Jesus blah blah to undertake actions X,Y and Z. I did X and Y and then fucked him over on Z. He was genuinely outraged, pity the innocent, for I had sworn to God and all that rubbish. I still get some pleasure in thinking of his face when I replied "So?" - although one should learn to be tolerant.)
Posted by The Lounsbury at March 14, 2005 10:19 AM
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