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Do You Go To Church?
Mark Eby — (archived)

It's pretty obvious to me that churches are preaching pretty strongly against evolution in the south based on discussions with many people here and radio sermons. Many people hear this stuff regularly yet get exposed to evolution only in school. Which version of "truth" do you think will be believed if not treated thoroughly and in depth in school?

I got in a debate with a group of operators who were anxious to debate the issue on the mere suspicion I was an evolutionist. It's a debate I try to avoid at work because of the emotional investment many religious people have in it. I'd known these guys for years by then and knew I had technical credibilty so with a shutdown pending I was willing to risk some ill feelings. To their credit we kept the debate calm and rational, but I was astonished at the amount of bogus information they had been fed by preachers. In the end they were ready to drop the debate because I had an answer for every preacher tactic they tried on me which was very surprising to them.

I know this diverges from RL's main topic, but I am very concerned that a majority of Americans probably do not believe in evolution and that the church science conflict on this issue degrades overall trust in science.

Regards,
Mark

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