Creationism: Europe says no
October 10, 2007 by DanielMartin
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has passed a resolution (48 votes to 25) slamming creationism as “a radical return to the past which could prove particularly harmful in the long term for all our societies.”
Members of the assembly, which monitors human rights, approved 48 to 25 a report that attacked advocates of creationism for seeking “to impose religious dogma” and to promote “a radical return to the past” at the expense of children’s education.
Using some of the strongest language yet to condemn this blatantly religious intellectual regression, the report decried creationism as “totally against children’s educational interests”.
Although both Christian and Muslim variants of creationism are specifically mentioned by the report, this action appears to be a preemptive measure taken primarily in response to Christian creationism gaining a foothold in America, and the potential for this mindset to spread to Europe.
The report said that creationism, which denies or qualifies the theory of evolution, was “an almost exclusively American phenomenon” but that such ideas were “tending to find their way into Europe” and affect several of the 47 Council of Europe countries.
I wouldn’t exactly call 48 against 25 a “slamming.” It is scary that as many as one-third actually voted against the resolution.
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What’s even scarier is that nothing like this will EVER happen in the US. We have too many “knuckle draggers”.
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>.> I’m so glad I live in Europe where at least the majority of us are sensible.
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Keeping in mind that political bodies vote their best political interest as individual members, I want to focus all my suspicion on the 25 who voted in favor. Obviously none of them believes Creationism is a viable theory in physics, so an investigation into their wicked agenda would be in order. Although some number of the 48 who voted against Creationism may have exploited some interested party in their vote, it is not worth looking into. But the 25 who actually voted in favor of providing an absurd education should be thoroughly investigated. I don’t object to their right to vote any way they please, but Europeans have a right to determine whether or not those 25 people are imbeciles or just criminals trading favors with creationist cronies. It is scary to see how many voted the absurd.
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HauntedNietzsche,
Hanlon’s Razor: “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”
Or, we can go with Occam’s Razor. Which involves fewer assumptions - the Stupidity of Creationists; or, The Ability of Nitwits to Organize a Proper Conspiracy?
Of course, I’ll always bet against the conspiracy, and I’ll make a mint in the process.
Shave with the grain,
Rival
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