On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Barry Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree, and it does go both ways. Religious zealots staying out of > science is about as likely as science zealots (like Richard Dawkins) > staying out of religion, unfortunately.
Heh, I guess you have a point, but your scale is off incredibly to make the comparison really useful. "science zealots" like Richard Dawkins are just a few handful of individuals that attack religion. Comparing this activity to the institutionalized attacks on science coming from large, sometimes even huge, organized religions, is not really a fair comparison. Also, the nature of the attacks are incredibly different. Richard Dawkins makes speeches and writes books about his work in science as well as his disbelief in religion at all. Organized religions are attacking science in organized ways: preventing children from being taught evolution, preventing people from saving themselves from AIDS, etc. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
