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>I would agree here....SCARY....Unless there is some exposition of the
>resulting universalism, and prejudices which have been borne out of the
>non-acceptance of one creationist belief system over another, including
>the cultural ransoms paid, lives destroyed, and genocides perpetrated.
>Creationism holds its place in the evolution of social patterns and
>cultural growth for all societies; if brought into the museum context,
>the concepts should be brought forth for what they themselves would
>be....artifacts of society, not for a report on any prevailing "right"
>context of belief, or the successful, correct nature of societies that
>work well.
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>On Fri, 15 Apr 1994 [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>> SCARY. . . . . . .
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Good point.
 
Although I am not a creationist,and despite my quiet yet deep faith in modern
science, it is somewhat hypocritical to blame creationism for perpetrating all
the war, genocide, and ill will in human experience. Science is a belief system
that is all the more sinister by its hegemonic smugness and transparency.
Science gave us powerfully addictive drugs, atomic bombs, superviruses, mustard
gas, and it is really the misuse of science, not faith, that threatens our
planet. Of course, like faith, it is indispensible to our being and keeps many
of us here. If it weren't for advances in sciences, and my faith in a higher
power of some kind, a burst appendix would have finished me off at age 16. :)
 
Sorry to wax philosophical, but this train has gotten me thinking, and is more
engaging than my end-of-semester workload. ;0 Just my 2 cents.
 
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