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I do not believe the issue has to be science vs religion. I do not like_______________________________________________
continued negative statements about "religious fundamentalists" which
seem rather common in these threads. I assume this means that some have
had some very bad experiences with religious people, as I have at
times. However I have also had experiences with some very wonderful
religious people. I am a "creationist" in the sense that I do not
believe the universe and humanity are chance occurances. I have no
problems teaching astronomy to my students, many of whom (but by no
means all) hold similar views. My personal opinion is that I do not
want the government too involved in what is taught in universities,
however I do understand why some individuals want this. In my own
personal experiences most of the ridiculing of other ideas and
intolerance of others viewpoints has come from from individuals with
what I judged to be left-leaning ( as opposed to right-leaning
philosophies) ( whatever the nebulous meaning we sometimes attach to
these terms). If the court were packed with the right religious
fundamentalists we would be fine, if the wrong ones, then trouble! Now
repeat the last sentence and replace religious fundamentalists with
"unreligious materialists" and then sentence stays the same! The issue
is people - not labels!
James Mackey