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“I just can’t believe in evolution”

Scientific conclusions are not believed in in the same way gods are believed in.
We do not consider scientific conclusions to be absolute truth, we do not worship scientists or credit them with fantastic superpowers. Unfortunately there are no holidays in science. In a totally pragmatic society we’d have to find some other criteria for [...]

Swedish government – it’s illegal for schools to teach religious doctrine as if it were true.

Courtesy of The Guardian:
The Swedish government has announced plans to clamp down hard on religious education. It will soon become illegal even for private faith schools to teach religious doctrines as if they were true. In an interesting twist on the American experience, prayer will remain legal in schools – after all, it has no [...]

No rhyme or reason

{a reply in a Volconvo forum thread on intelligent design}
If “design”, whatever you mean by that, is an absolute state (everything that exists is designed by a designer) then the designer is not exempt. The designer would be a product of a design, which implies another, previous designer, and one before him and so on. [...]