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[Stathis Papaioannou]

On 22/03/2008, citta437 at aol.com <citta437 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  "Do US politicians not believe in evolution? I thought that even in the
>  US that is a minority position, especially among those with a
>  University education. Even the Pope believes in evolution!
>
>  -Stathis Papaioannou
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>  Are you serious? If the Pope believes in evolution why that would be a
>  miracle of cosmic proportion!

Pope Benedict commented that the debate between "creationism" and
evolution was an "absurdity". Basically, most Christian churches have
understood that you can't say the Earth is flat and expect to be taken
seriously:

"They are presented as alternatives that exclude each other," the pope
said. "This clash is an absurdity because on one hand there is much
scientific proof in favor of evolution, which appears as a reality
that we must see and which enriches our understanding of life and
being as such."

(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19956961/)

Protestant fundamentalism (originating mostly in the US) are an
anomaly. In fact, even Islam for the most part tries to argue that
religion is consistent with scientific facts. It is interesting that
"Islamic creationism" is a relatively recent development, influenced
by American creationism:

"The center of the Islamic creationist movement is Turkey where
polemics against the theory of evolution have been waged by the
Nurculuk movement of Said Nursi since the late 1970s. At present, its
main exponent is the writer Harun Yahya (pseudonym of Adnan Oktar) who
uses the Internet as one of the main methods for the propagation of
his ideas. His BAV (Bilim Araştırma Vakfı/ Science Research
Foundation) organizes conferences with leading American creationists.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_creationism)

Creationists are so out of touch with reality that even the kooks
think they're kooks.




-- 
Stathis Papaioannou