LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY navytron89)
The Council of Europe is making the right stand: opposing the teaching of creationism and "intelligent design" in European public schools isn't a slam on religion but instead an effort to keep up standards on science education. Considering the number of young-earth creationists who try to claim that "Darwinism leads to Nazism and Communism", pointing out that attacks on evolutionary theory were rooted in religious extremism was a nice touch.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070925/sc_n
Interesting article; I like the fact that they are making sure that they are not accused of being religious intolerant and have properly worked to word it to keep creationism and intelligent design out of schools across Europe. Additionally keeping EU politicians from supporting their Religious Reich associates who are backing the ID movement across the EU.
Hopefully this resolution will keep the Religious Reich students prostelyings out of public schools especially, the ones that have migrated from America and are converting the old countries students to their new ideological views. I would love to see the look on their faces when they see the resolution has passed and have to go to high court to justify their sick world view being taught to others. I know a few of the Crown barristers will probably scoff at them, if not fine them fore wasting valuble court time.
The sad thing is how much funding is shelled into Creationists /ID movement would be better spent in helping people getting their lives together instead of preaching about a fantasy realm after you've shuffled off the mortal coil. The funds would be better spent making peoples' lives better in the here and now, instead of a place that may or may not exist. But explain that to a bunch of morally stunted and psychological immature sheeple.