Bertvan:
>Are you
>suggesting children should be blindly indoctrinated with the "truth" of Neo
>Darwinism, gradualism, "random mutation and natural selection as a known
>mechanism for macro evolution", merely because religious people are in
>disagreement?
Susan:
>I'm saying that children should be given the results of scientific research
>and not have the results of that research concealed because it seems to
>conflict with the tenets of one religion.
Hmmm. One wonders if this argument will one day be used to support
the teaching that all boys are potential rapists. For those who have not
heard, a new book is about to hit the market written by two evolutionary
biologists. Their thesis is that rape is something that has been
selected by Darwinian evolution. It is thus as natural for a human male
to rape a female as it is for a cheetah to chase down a gazelle. What's
interesting is that a Boston lawyer plans on using this evolutionary
science to defend his client (accused of rape). Darwinism thus resurrects
the old "she asked for it" defense. In fact, the evolutionary biologists who
propose this thesis also suggest that women should stop dressing so
provocatively.
Just think. Evolutionary science may one day be used to teach all
the little boys they are potential rapists. It may also be used to
enforce a dress code where all the girls need to be covered from the neck
down. How ironic.
Mike
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