[extropy-chat] Religion: A discussion

[Brent Neal]

 (2/11/04 14:33) Amara Graps <amara at amara.com> wrote:

>Brent Neal:
>>I can reassure you that they really are that scientifically illiterate
>
>Hardly.
>
>The Vatican Observatory and their world-class astronomy research:
>http://clavius.as.arizona.edu/vo/index.html


Last time I checked, Creationists existed in more places than just the Catholic church.  And before you go off on how great the Catholic church's record on science is, I suggest you read the transcript of the BBC documentary entitled "Sex and the Holy City,"[1] in which we are treated to such "scientifically literate" positions as the Church claiming that HIV could "pass through pores in latex condoms, making condoms unsafe for use" and that 9 year old girls could safely give birth to children.  Yeah. That's scientifically literate. 


The point: Scientific literacy isn't an action, its an attitude as well as a thought process. No Christian church, Catholic or Protestant, has it. 


Brent


[1] You may find the download here: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/3147672.stm>
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