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Why Are Some Hell-Bent On Teaching Intelligent Design?
Funksaw writes "Here's an op-ed by first-time politician, long-time Slashdotter Brian Boyko, where he talks about his experiences testifying at the Texas Board of Education in favor of having real science in science textbooks. But beyond that, he also tries to examine, philosophically, why there is such hardened resistance to the idea of evolution in Texas. From the article: '[W]hat is true is that evolution tests faith. The fact of evolution is incontrovertible and supported by mounds of empirical evidence. Faith, on the other hand, is fragile. It is supported only by the strength of human will. And this is where it gets tricky. Because to many believers, faith, not works, is the only guarantee that one can pass God's litmus test and gain access to His divine kingdom. To lose one's faith is to literally damn oneself. So tests to that faith must be avoided at all costs. Better to be a philosophical coward than a theological failure.'"
If your only book on religion is the Bible then I can see why you are confused. I once had a discussion with an atheist. He said he didn't believe in God. I asked do you believe that the world was created through natural processes as explained by science? He said yes. I then asked why he didn't believe in science and nature. He said he did. I told him he was confused, the first line of the bible says that "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth," so the Bible says God is nature as explained by science and as an atheist he didn't believe in nature or science. He said that that isn't what God is. I said how can he define what God is, he claims that God doesn't even exist. Different people read the bible in different ways. Why did you skip the first line of the Bible? Who told you that each line of the Bible was to be read literally when the Bible was written by people who loved symbolic imagery? All the universities run by my church teach evolution. Maybe you just need a new church.
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