Royal Society "Creationist" Resigns

Chris_Keene writes in to let us know that the Prof. Michael Reiss, who recently caused a storm with comments about teaching creationism in schools, has resigned from his post as director of education at the Royal Society in the UK. This news coincides with word out of the Anglican church that it is ready to apologize to Charles Darwin, 150 years after it poured scorn on his theory of evolution by natural selection. "The Church of England will concede in a statement that it was over-defensive and over-emotional in dismissing Darwin's ideas. It will call 'anti-evolutionary fervor' an 'indictment' on the Church."

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Re:What a waste.

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For many cases Atheists groups show many of the negative trappings that formal religions give.
First they start dividing into groups.
Group One: There Is no God, that that, no further thought to the issue. Anyone who believes contradictory is wrong and stupid.
Group Two: Don't believe in God. However willing to respect people who do.
Group Three: Don't believe in God, but is open to the fact that they could be wrong.
Group Four: Kinda Believes in God, but not really. Sees God as more of a superstition
Group Five: Actually Believes in God, but doesn't want too.

Second:
The most extremist groups actually try to spread their beliefs by intimidating those who are not in their group. Excluding people who believe differently.

Because for the most parts Atheists are not organized and a minority they haven't had the chance to organize into a violent group. However it they were organized and rather high they could get violent. Except fighting for God, they will just use a different call. Fight for Reason or Fight for Science, Fight for Darwin... It really doesn't matter people of any group are all messed up.