The real challenge for 2008 is that of secularism


	The real challenge for 2008 is that of secularism

Antara

12-24-2007 9:00 PM

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sam harris.com, adam rutherford

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http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/adam_rutherford/2007/12/something_to_believe_in.html

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The real challenge for 2008 is that of secularism. The secular achievement of 2007 has to be the government finally getting their act together and banishing the nonsense of intelligent design from UK science classrooms. The US did the same in 2005, but don’t think that this Christian fundamentalist smokescreen has gone away as a result of this legislative neutering. In Texas last month, statewide curriculum supervisor Chris Comer resigned, after forwarding an email about an upcoming talk from a scholar who traced the history of the ID movement and its creationist roots. And on Sunday the Observer reported the setting up of a UK creationist theme park somewhere in the Midlands. I love this line from Peter Jones, a trustee of the proposed park: “Today, all [youngsters] do is binge drink. We will be able to offer them an alternative.”
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