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Originally Posted by DSTRen13
Personally, I don't care what others' beliefs are, as long as they AREN'T hurting me or other people. I think the issue at hand here, with creation science (and some other Bible literalist/Christian fundamentalist beliefs and practices), is that they ARE hurting others, because many of the followers of these tenets are attempting to force them on others.
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So you bring up an interesting point: "live and let live" mantra as long as it doesn't hurt anyone. This issue of Creationism promoting "modern
Homo sapiens sapiens living at the same time as dinosaurs" because the interpretation of the "Good Books" tells them so vs. Evolution saying that based on DNA evidence that anything that lived in the Pre-Cambian to Jurassic cannot confer "MODERN
Homo sapiens sapiens including the division of Great Apes is just absoluting schizophrenic, delusional and hallucinogenic. I can continue with the DSMR-V differential diagnosis...
So, this issue is not just live and let live and not hurting anyone. Yes, thinking your own thoughts is cool. But promotion with a animatronic display with 3D computer animation to dictate "thought controlled truth"--that action goes way beyond "not hurting anyone". It borderlines unethical collusion, sedition and subversion.
When will it stop? Science may not have all the answers, but there are just some things you do not question if it is right: like Oxygen, Sunlight and the Earth rotating...