Darwin's birthday
Charles Darwin’s 197th birthday was celebrated this weekend by various churches preaching about evolution being reasonable for Christians to accept, and even by the Pope saying the same thing. Predictably, the views of the moderates could not be left alone:
Responding, Robert Crowther of intelligent design lobby group the Discovery Institute [said]: “We think it’s hypocritical and essentially a PR stunt to get attention for an idea that is clearly losing favour with the public.”
Since when was the rightness of anything (least of all the claims of science) judged by whether it was in favour with the public?
(_Thanks to The Register for the info._)
pax et bonum
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