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1. Evolution fits well
2. Creationism is bad
3. Evolution explains
4. Evolution explains
5. Evolution accounts
6. Evolution explains
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exactly.
not propaganda.
fact.
similarly:
1. Particle physics fits well
2. Creationism is bad
3. Particle physics explains
4. Particle physics explains
5. Particle physics accounts
6. Particle physics explains
and:
1. Gravitation fits well
2. Creationism is bad
3. Gravitation explains
4. Gravitation explains
5. Gravitation accounts
6. Gravitation explains
and:
1. Plate Tectonics fits well
2. Creationism is bad
3. Plate Tectonics explains
4. Plate Tectonics explains
5. Plate Tectonics accounts
6. Plate Tectonics explains
and so on and so forth
the agenda?
it could be represented as promoting the rational approach to reality, fostering understanding of the mechanistic nature of the universe, leading to fuller and more broadly applied grasp of causality and results, leading to pragmatic conservatism, leading to political conservatism.
beats hell out of always looking for a bail-out from Big Daddy and perpetually ignoring cause and effect.
there really is little difference between theocrats and leftists. both are raging statists - they just dress different, have different names for their oligarchic masters, and use slightly different scare tactics.
empirical science is by far the better route: more humanistic, more amenable to freedom and personal responsibility, and far more naturally conservative.