British Celebrate Charles Darwin but Are Still Skeptical of Evolution

On the 200th anniversary of his birth, evolution is still a hard sell to many

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John King, organizer of the Shrewsbury Festival, says that because the town can lay claim to Darwin's early years only, the focus of many of the planned events is Darwin's youthful interest in science and is squarely aimed at a young audience. In a country where enrollments in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics curricula are falling, King says, it's hoped that the Darwin celebrations will help persuade more students to—naturally—select more science courses in school. "That's the legacy we want."

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Genesis 2:21-22, “And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. “

Nathan Jonfield of SD 12:37AM September 01, 2011

Creationists invented tithes, fees for religious rites & cost of church schools. Creationists exist to create, keep & increase church assets. All holy books based on the Creation myth have pages describing what believers are expected to pay clerics to keep them out of Hell & on a sure path to Heaven. Clerics are to be given at least ten per cent of lifetime assets, part of which is in the form of best meat, grain, fruit, etc. Small parts of sacrifice are burned & the rest makes fine feasts for clerics. Creationist Reagan began wholesale DEREGULATION, outsourcing jobs & creating the present horrible financial situation, it's fair to blame Creationists for being a major cause of poverty & enormous teen unemployment. Pro-Life Creationists forced people to have big families. Now the kids are teens, out of school, needing work. They compete for jobs with their own parents & siblings. Creationists include owners of companies that want cheap labor. They want big crowds of people at factory gates, forced to take low pay to keep them safe from starvation, foreclosure or eviction. When people cannot make it, they're forced to come to us taxpayers for welfare. Creationism is an extremely harmful doctrine to teach children.

ajura dawnveirs of CA 2:07AM June 08, 2010

Hi y'all! I'm from Texas and I just wanna know if we're still talking about Darwin and whatnot. Ok? -JTK of TX :D

JTK of TX 7:17PM January 23, 2010

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