[js1138]

But OK, Robert Baden-Powell What exactly do you object to about the guy?

His father was the first Anglican clergyman to support Darwin. He published a theory of evolution before Darwin. His influence on his son was obviously corrupting.

[PatrickHenry]

There are literally tens of thousands of biology teachers and professional biologists. Virtually all of them have studied Darwin's ideas about evolution. I haven't heard of a single one of them who has gone bonkers and started killing people, or whatever it is that the creationists claim should be happening. And of course, Darwin himself was a model gentleman. In other words, there is no evidence that learning about evolution is harmful.

But let there be a whisper from some worthless creationist propaganda factory about Stalin, and -- ta da! -- suddenly that's all a creationist needs to wildly leap to his favorite conclusion. Oh, it's rather well established that Stalin was educated in a Russian Orthodox seminary. But I guess that doesn't count.