To deny
objective truths is to be scientifically illiterate, not to be ideologically
principled.
(Neil
deGrasse Tyson’s Starry Messenger perspectives on Civilization.)
On this day, November 24th, in 1859, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, which ignited the sometimes violent controversy over the origin of man.
Today, the
evolutionary tree of life has been so well documented that scientists consider
it an ‘objective truth.’
Yet, one
hundred and sixty-five years later there are still people, tying their personal
beliefs to a two thousand years old book that was the impetus of the Dark Ages,
a time of scientific ignorance and religious persecution - and with their
banners flying high demand that Creationism be taught to children in school, in
place the scientific objective truth of Darwinian Evolution.
Ignorance
abides
the Ol’Buzzard
The same non-secular book that is being mandated in public schools in Texas and Oklahoma. Looks like the establishment clause will be tested again.
ReplyDelete"Ignorance abides" -- that it does, indeed. I like that Neil deGrasse Tyson quotation you included at the start of your blog post. And the dinosaurs in the Garden of Eden, LOL!
ReplyDeleteFlorida, Texas, and Oklahoma are three states to avoid at all costs. An acquaintance moved his family to OK. He told me that Creationism and evolution should be taught as competing theories in schools. He must love OK.
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