| Gareth Potter ( @ 2005-08-23 00:23:00 |
church of the flying spaghetti monsterists
It is things like this that remind me that not all Americans are beyond hope. The whole intelligent design thing is very hard for us in Europe to get our heads round, as "Genesis-is-the-irrefutable-word-of-God" does not a good counter-argument make. I remember learning about the State of Tennessee vs. John Scopes - we laughed about how backward attitudes were then, but that was 80 years ago. We've made progress since then, haven't we?
Well, Europe has. Some in the USA have too, as the linked page suggests. But the majority - or a more powerful minority - over the Pond seem hell-bent on going back the other way. They'll be burning African Americans at the stake again before you know it...
Props to Boing Boing for the link.
It is things like this that remind me that not all Americans are beyond hope. The whole intelligent design thing is very hard for us in Europe to get our heads round, as "Genesis-is-the-irrefutable-word-of-God"
Well, Europe has. Some in the USA have too, as the linked page suggests. But the majority - or a more powerful minority - over the Pond seem hell-bent on going back the other way. They'll be burning African Americans at the stake again before you know it...
Props to Boing Boing for the link.