KA> How Old Is The Grand Canyon? Park Service Won't Say
I read this story some time ago. Presumably the fundamentalists believe that not only evolutionary biologists but also geologists and atomic physicists are going to roast in hell. KA> "In order to avoid offending religious fundamentalists ... There is a taboo, so deep-seated that I wasn't conscious of it until Richard Dawkins pointed it out in one of his books, which says that we shouldn't offend religious sensibilities. If I were to assert that, say, monetarism, is a misguided philosophy, nobody would admonish me not to offend monetarists. This taboo is one of the things that have helped the fundamentalists to attain so much influence. Religions demand a special respect over and above the ordinary respect that is (or should be) according to every humman being. Why should we make a special case for religion? Why shouldn't religious claims be subject to the same standards of scrutiny as any other assertion? Regards David _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
