In President Obama's nobel acceptance speech, he made reference again to Islam as "a GREAT religion" (Caps, my emphasis, though it reflects the tone in which the statement was made). While I recognize both the political and practical benefits of using such a term (i.e., seeking to drive a wedge to separate the greater Muslim community from those presently and publicly endorsing jihad.... so as to avoid WWIII), at the same time I wonder if any News organization would consider counting and reporting the number of times the President of the United States has made reference to Islam as a Great Religion and the number of times he has publicly referred to Christianity as a Great Religion? I guarantee the difference would be ASTOUNDING! Question: Where's the CONSISTENCY when it comes to what many refer to today as "separation of church and state"? Seems while there may be "separation of Christianity and state", there is no "separation of Islam and...
Dawkins has said that he doesn't debate creationists, because there is no scientific basis for creationism and it only gives them undeserved credibility.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be good to have a debate about creationism on scientific grounds, but I have to agree with Dawkins that creationists have such a poor understanding of science that it would be like debating the existence of Zeus with a bunch of first century pagans.
Debating with creationists is a waste of time. Simple of that.
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