>From: Walter Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>
> For some time now it has been my contention that outspoken scientists
> atheists give rise to an increased YEC movement. The logic is simple: If
> science and evolution prove there is no God, then science must be wrong.
> My belief is that Dawkins' popular teachings are simply causing
> "backlash". That is why I say that the scientific community has to
> muffle him. In his arrogance, he is doing great harm to science.
Agreed. Langdon Gilkey said it well: "Each time a child comes home and says
to his or her parents, 'My teacher told us today that science now knows that
Genesis was wrong about our creation,' two new creationists are produced."
(from Creationism on Trial, pp. 164-5)
Howard Van Till
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