Methinks the creationists are making way too much of this (of course). Britain celebrates and commemorates the lives of many of their greatest scientists and artists. Does the fact that tens of thousands of people visit Shakespeare’s Birthplace every year, mean that Shakespeare is a deity fit to be worshiped? Sir Isaac Newton’s birthplace is a National Trust property that is open to the public.
The quote from the Nature article is nothing more than a cute turn of phrase (and not a particularly good one at that). Trust Creation Safaris to make a mountain out of a molehill.
==Does the fact that tens of thousands of people visit Shakespeare’s Birthplace every year, mean that Shakespeare is a deity fit to be worshiped?
But they don’t make the following comparison: “Muslims go to Mecca, Christians go to Jerusalem, Darwinians go to Downe.”