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God’s Gift to Kansas

Richard Dawkins has written another good article demonstrating the flaws in the logic followed by creationists and supporters of Intelligent Design.

What is particularly galling to him, and to many scientists, is the creationist habit of "quote-mining" – taking something completely out of context and turning the sense of the original completely back to front. I am quite convinced they don’t do it out of ignorance but out of wilful deceit. I see them do it time and time again on the BBC messageboards for Evolution and Origins.   

As Dawkins writes, for supporters of Creationism and Intelligent Design: Ignorance is God’s Gift to Kansas.

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2 responses to “God’s Gift to Kansas”

  1. Kankean Avatar
    Kankean

    Intelligent Design: That’s the theory where God couldn’t have set up something as complicated as evolution because pastors in Pennsylvania don’t understand it:AFP reports: “In January the school board ordered teachers to tell students that Darwinism is not proved, and to teach as well an alternate theory, "intelligent design," which posits that a grand creator, God, is responsible for the development of living organisms.”’We’ve been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture” complains Pastor Mummert who is determined to hold on against such shocking and dangerous notions of reason and knowledge.Unfortunately the article has expired on AFP, but it’s been quoted on many sites so google the above quotes if you want to find it.

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  2. Geoff Avatar
    Geoff

    Kaan, thanks for that pointer – I see the good pastor also trots out that old canard: "evolution is just a theory". But the "we’ve been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture" quote is absolutely priceless.

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