By Mr. Curmudgeon
What do evolving apes and melting glaciers have in common? Darwin’s ideas on evolution and the hot and bothered fears of Al Gore over global warming are not facts, merely theories. And both religious dogmas are hotly defended by the high priests of secular humanism. According to the New York Times, “Critics of the teaching of evolution in the nation’s classrooms are gaining ground in some states by linking the issue to global warming, arguing that dissenting views on both scientific subjects should be taught in public schools.” The “climategate” scandal, which proved global warming “scientists” manufactured data to support the claim that manmade carbon emissions are dangerously warming the planet, has had the unintended effect of leveling the playing field in the marketplace of ideas. Several state legislatures are taking advantage of the discredited global warming theory to give students an opportunity to hear the ideas of competing creators – earthly and heavenly.
“The linkage of evolution and global warming is partly a legal strategy,” the Times reports, “courts have found that singling out evolution for criticism in public schools is a violation of the separation of church and state. By insisting that global warming also be debated, deniers of evolution can argue that they are simply championing academic freedom in general. Yet they are also capitalizing on rising public resistance in some quarters to accepting the science of global warming…” It appears that Gore’s discredited claim that unanimous consensus on the question of global warming should end debate is now spilling over into other areas of scientific “consensus.”
Of Darwin’s human origins theory, Dr. Fazale Rana at Reasons to Believe writes, “Amazingly, studies using mitochondrial and Y chromosomal DNA markers trace humanity’s origin back to a single man and woman. These studies also indicate that humanity’s migration around the world began at or near the Middle East. Though often presented and discussed within the context of the evolutionary paradigm, this model has profound biblical implications. In some respects, the Out-of-Africa hypothesis appears to be the biblical model awkwardly forced into the evolutionary framework…” The debate, then, is not so much over credible scientific data but who gets to present it…and take the credit.
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