Please tell me how this relates to concholgy, the sole topic of this forum?

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From: "mike gray" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: Creationism ...


Franck Frydman wrote:
>  Here in France Creationism is very seldom defended  and is nothing but
one
> of the many manifestations of religious  integrism . When in France , land
> of the Lights where critical spirit used to be taught in the " Ecoles de
la
> République " ( I am not at all sure that it is now ... )  ,  state
education
> is laic according to the Law  Creationism mainly expresses itself  in
state
> public schools where some pupils want to impose the archaic  rules and
> obscurantist views which  their ignorant and narrow-minded clerics
> impregnate them with   by  refusing the teaching of Darwinism  and do not
> even hesitate ,  sometimes ,  to use violence to prevent their teachers
from
> teaching them   what their clerics censure  , e.g.  sexual education ,
> Darwinism ,  History whether it is critical to their own religion  or not
in
> accordance with their own political views ( even when it is  fully
supported
> and documented ) . Some of them even refuse Physical Education  teaching .
I
> am not at all  here to discuss the existence of God nor to say that one
> should be a believer or not but in my  very humble opinion true believers
> should be convinced that God created ... Evolution . Franck Frydman

It is quite obvious that you have read neither the Bible nor Darwin.

Teach "Darwinism"????? If Darwin were alive today he would be horrified
that his work, including its errors, had been accorded religious status.

While Genesis gave an accurate description of the "big bang" before
scientists even discovered grants.

The problem with the French is neither creationism nor Darwinism. It's
closedmindedism.

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