At 18 May 2000 - 16:08 BST [log in to unmask] wrote:
> This article is really one illustrating a struggle between
> evolutionists and creationists in the United States. They are giving
> the word "Design" a different meaning.
>
> It relates back to the early history of America and religious puritans. They
> left Europe hoping to establish a world where they could base a community on
> their type of views.
>
> But unfortunately the new ideas of science did not have national boundaries
> and eventually caught up with them. Although the ideas of science regarding
> evolution have long ago replaced creationism throughout the world, the
> United States is still struggling to universally accept evolution
> theory because of it history as a refuge for Christian
> fundamentalism.
I've always wondered if that was the reason for the curious
and pernicious influence of creationists in the USA, which, as you say,
rather makes many of those of us in the rest of the world blink,
scratch our heads, and say, "Uh?" It's interesting to have it
confirmed by a local.
Yours
Adrian
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