HONK IF YOU HATE JESUS: More on creationism, Palin and the opinion of one trained in science
When your host was raised and educated in backward small-town Pine Grove, Pennsyltucky, decades ago, belief in science was a unifier, something modern and good which linked the nation in its forward thrust.
A dismaying facet of modern America is how this has been turned upside down by the religious right and taken as exclusive property by the GOP.
Kevin Phillips, a famous Republican historian, described it another way in American Theocracy, a book published in 2006. In referring to the current US, he wrote:
"No leading world power in modern history has become a captive, even a partial captive, of the sort of biblical inerrancy - backwater, not mainstream - that dismisses knowledge and science."
In the cultural and class war which marks the current election, it's an asset to be thought of as a stupid person.
See here at el Reg today. Be sure not to miss out on the comments.
When your host was raised and educated in backward small-town Pine Grove, Pennsyltucky, decades ago, belief in science was a unifier, something modern and good which linked the nation in its forward thrust.
A dismaying facet of modern America is how this has been turned upside down by the religious right and taken as exclusive property by the GOP.
Kevin Phillips, a famous Republican historian, described it another way in American Theocracy, a book published in 2006. In referring to the current US, he wrote:
"No leading world power in modern history has become a captive, even a partial captive, of the sort of biblical inerrancy - backwater, not mainstream - that dismisses knowledge and science."
In the cultural and class war which marks the current election, it's an asset to be thought of as a stupid person.
See here at el Reg today. Be sure not to miss out on the comments.
posted by George Smith at 8:31 AM
1 Comments:
George,
... if the only issue would be creationism ...
What do you think of a sexual education for teens that emphasizes abstinence? Is it me or religion is hidden behind that too?
From a scientist, atheist and firm believer of evolution.
Cheers,
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