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On 11/29/09 11:15, Darren New wrote:
> Even nowadays, it surprises me (in some sense) that religious people
> object to the teaching of evolution here. You'd think if creationism
> were *true* and they *really* believed it, they wouldn't be worried
> about *science*.
The same could be said about teaching creationism.
The sad truth is (and history - both recent and past - suggests) that
being true/correct/logical is not that good a criterion for being accepted.
> Why would the church lock up Galileo if they thought his observations
> and deductions were factually incorrect?
Because it's not too hard to make false statements the "truth", despite
their being lots of evidence to the contrary?
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"A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. By then it's
too late." - Frank Sinatra
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