BELIEFS: BROWNBACK DEFENDS SCIENTIFIC ILLITERACY BY EXAMPLE.

A month ago at the Republican Presidential debate, there was a show of
hands of those who don’t believe in evolution. One who raised his hand,
Sam Brownback, was moved to explain why in yesterday’s New York Times: "I
believe wholeheartedly that there cannot be any contradiction between
faith and reason." Which faith does he have in mind? Different faiths are
often at war with each other, but no wars are fought over science.
Science relies on Nature as the sole arbiter. There was much more, all in
the language of the intelligent design movement, including the
substitution of "materialism" for "naturalism."

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