Reply #154: Sorry, but NO [View All]

[Ediacara]

Evolution is not a religion. Period. Not only that, but there is nothing even religious about evolution. If we see evolution as religious we have to see things like germ theory and universal gravitation as religious too.

Science only "attacks" religions if the religions insist they are being attacked. Evolution has not attacked anything. Yet the fundies insist the core of their religion is being attacked (nevermind the core of their religion is actually resurrection and salvation..). Shall we also think that germ theory is religious or attacking religion because some religions don't believe in germs? Or should universal gravitation be prefaced with a passage about "doubts" because some religions believe in a flat Earth?

Fundamentalists that insist on a 100% literal interpretation of the Bible are actually rather new invention. They foam at the mouth and lie about evolution, and I'm sorry, but they can go to hell for all I care. If they wish to believe in a trickster god that plants fossils to test faith and all that other bullshit, be my guest, but I won't for one minute let them say the scientific data is on the side of the Bible.

And again, evolution attacks no religion, but if the fundies think they're being attacked, I won't stand idly by and let them lie about science.