I was watching a promo of a Discovery Science Channel program.The promo
went as follows:
"To understand who you are , you have to understand where you are coming
from. To understand where the human species is coming from, you have to
watch 'The real Eve', which is coming on..."
The program is presumably about the so called "Mitochondria Eve". Now, I
know this is just a TV promo, and that they possibly wanted it to be
provocative. Well, I was provoked. For there to to be a " real Eve", there
must be a false Eve to contrast her with. The false Eve is of course the Eve
of Genesis.
Obviously, the folks behind the promo have bought into the
science-religion conflict scenario, in which true science corrects the fake
origin account that religion has been pushing these many years. its
important to know that not only YECs believe in the science-religion war,
but that many atheists are pushing it, AND that it is becoming an article of
faith in popular culture.
Is it worth writing a letter to the Discovery Network on the issue?
is there anything that us ordinary folk can do to counter this "urban
Myth"?
Shuan Rose
2632 N Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21218
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