One final note. I wrote:
Faith healing is harmful if you use it exclusively in place of modern
medicine to treat a sick child. But you cause no harm when you practice
faith healing plus modern medicine.
I have often railed against creationism and its latest incarnation ID
("creationism in a cheap tuxedo.") CISCOP probably says that creationism is
a "very dangerous phenomenon, dangerous to science, dangerous to the basic
fabric of our society." I agree 100%!!! But that is NOT because
creationism is a particularly screwy idea. It is ONLY because fanatics &
kooks want to teach it in the public schools in place of science.
When fanatics & kooks in the privacy of their own homes or churches believe
in faith healing, seances, creationism, perpetual motion machines, or
what-have-you, that causes no harm. It is none of my business, and I would
not think of condemning it. This is a free country, and people have the
right to believe whatever nonsense pops into their heads. They can send
their kids to private schools that teach nonsense. Children are resilient
and they usually rebel against their parents. That is is the source of most
progress in civilization. But children would have a harder time rejecting
nonsense that is endorsed by the government, taught in all schools at the
taxpayer's expense, and promoted by the President.
- Jed
- Re: Sarfati Crosspost Jed Rothwell
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