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If You Can't Beat 'Em, Make 'Em Join You
04 December 2004Fast on the heels of the recent victories for "Intelligent Design" curriculum in public schools, comes the increasing popularity of this creationist meme, today transmitted by Rod Tussing, in The Arizona Republic: "Darwinism is an 'interpretation' of the world and its origin and, therefore, qualifies as a religion. Isn't that what a religion does -- interprets and explains the meaning of the world?" So it's that simple! If you can't effectively argue against the separation of church and state, just declare science and secularism their own religions, and their adherents just another sect of the faithful (except at election time), who are benefiting from an unconstitutional government preference of one religion over another. The Revealer is made a little dizzy by this logic, but we do wonder whether this qualifies our science club for faith-based initiative funds (we'll do outreach), or that bastion of secular values, Hollywood, for tax-exempt status.
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