[ArGee]

And that, dear hearts, is what has been wrong with this arrogant church for 1400 years, and why it is, quite rightly, synonymous with the bogeyman in the hearts of so many Jewish and Muslim children--way too many of their ancestors murdered by deputies of a church that "will not accept a challenge to its spiritual authority".

But in that way is the Church different from any other institution?

Even the "scientific community" is coming painfully close to creating a witch hunt every time someone wants to question evolutionary teaching. When people gain authority they hate to have it challenged.

However, this does not change the original statement that the science and faith mix, and mix well. Politics and challenges to authority don't.

Shalom.

[donh]

Even the "scientific community" is coming painfully close to creating a witch hunt every time someone wants to question evolutionary teaching. When people gain authority they hate to have it challenged.

The scientific community hasn't typically ordered the murder, arrest, torture, excommunication, or burning at the stake of its philosophical disputants. It does not forbid the reading of their books, unlike the Catholic church, to this very day.

However, this does not change the original statement that the science and faith mix, and mix well. Politics and challenges to authority don't.

Be that as it may, that still does not make ID a science worthy of being taught in science classes.