“Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that science is timeless, and therefore science stories should not need to be pegged to an item in the news.”
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The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America.
The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture.
I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.
