Guess what: Neither Christian… nor American. British, and apparently getting their way in science classrooms.
One in three teachers believe that creationism should be taught in school science lessons. Why? It’s not because they’ve developed a sudden respect for fundamentalist Christian interpretations of the Bible. It’s because devout Muslim pupils – and their parents – regard Darwin’s teachings as blasphemous.The science of evolution contradicts a literal reading of the Koran, just as it contradicts the seven-day creation narrative of Genesis. The difference is that most devout Muslims – more than 90 per cent worldwide – accept Islam’s account of creation as the simple truth, whereas in Britain only a small minority of churchgoers are creationists.
Heh. The money lines:
This is a battle that the educational establishment just isn’t prepared for. Guardian readers associate creationism with US Republicans, not ethnic minorities. Now they face a painful dilemma: should they fight to exclude the creationist viewpoint from science lessons, risking accusations of Islamophobia from angry parents, or should they embrace pseudoscience in the name of cultural diversity? It’s a tough one.
Actually, no, it’s not a tough one. Keep the gibberish out of science classes. Why is this tough? Man up, Nanny State. Y’all thought it was fun to point and laugh at midwestern American evangelicals and their funny beliefs. Don’t by hypocrites. Point and laugh at the goobers in your midst. Don;t let them get their way, when their way is counter to logic, reason, evidence and good sense.
Maybe now that Bush will soon be gone, and y’all won’t be able to point and laugh at Obama, perhaps it’ll be time to clear your own rickety house.
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