“To introduce creationism into schools as a counterbalance to evolution would be like introducing the stork as a counterbalance to the study of conception, pregnancy and childbirth.” - Brian P. Block, Jewish Chronicle.
"What we are seeing here is the emergence of a new axis of politics. As the 21st century progresses we will increasingly find ourselves debating whether authority or evidence should be the basis for political choice. For the new right the authority of faith is much to be preferred." - Tom Burke
This is neither scepticism nor science - just nonsense
"There are no rational grounds for ascribing rights to an unconscious cluster of cells smaller than a grain of sand. But the opposition to embryonic stem cell research is not based on reason--it's based purely on religious dogma. From the development of anesthesia to the introduction of birth control, religion has consistently opposed scientific and medical progress. Today, with their assaults on evolution, cloning, and stem cell research, the religious right is attempting to drag us back to the Dark Ages."
Immoral to Ban Human Cloning
"If we allow certain special-interest religious groups to co-opt the public school science classroom, to use it as a vehicle for converting children to religious views their parents don't hold, if we allow them to spout outright lies about the nature and content of science, what do we really have left? If you can lie about science and get away with it, you can lie about anything." Patricia J. Princehouse - Science and the First Amendment
“A theocracy is only safe for the winner’s religion. A democracy should be safe for everyone’s. That's why nobody’s faith -- not mine, not yours -- can be allowed to gain official standing in any democracy.” (Gregg Hodgson, NWTimes, USA)
"President Bush is to be commended for defending free speech on evolution." By that logic, teaching flat-earthism, or the Ptolemaic system alongside the Copernican system, is a defense of "free speech."
A Country Ruled by Faith
I've been dealing with creationists for over 20 years. In that entire time, I have NEVER known them to be either accurate or honest. But a correction should be made -- they are NOT lying for *JESUS*. They are lying for *the opportunity to rule in the name of Jesus*. They are Ayatollah-wanna-be's. Nothing more, nothing less, nothing else. Lenny Flank – Debunk Creation
“It is a waste of time to argue with fundies. Debating them is like playing bridge with monkeys. They think they've won if they eat the cards.”
It doesn't matter what percentage of people believe they ought to be able to flap their arms and fly, none of them can. Greetings From Idiot America