[golfmenorca]

In the old days, we've had many discussions on LD about the validity of using the past in guaging the present where various religions were concerned. Historical items such as the life (and death) of Galileo, the Crucades, the Dark Ages and the desire of some religious organizations to keep people purposely uneducated were sometimes suggested to be out of bounds because they were centuries past.

I contended then that it wasn't off limits because there still were cases where religious factions still try to do the same thing.

I still contend something similar, although now instead of most of the backlash coming from any church itself, it comes from people who deem themselves staunch followers.

It's frustrating of late, for instance, to see Texas push harder and harder for school agendas that stray from science teachings, and while funny, Colbert's take on O'Reilly trying to disprove science is also scary because the FOX host seems to just be oblivious to even the most fundamental, commonly and scientifically-accepted notions (http://www.colbertnation.com/the-col...-bill-o-reilly and http://www.colbertnation.com/the-col...degrasse-tyson). Then to hear how students in the U.S. are lagging horrendously behind in science (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41255069...nce-science/)?

Yes, it's true we are centuries removed from Galileo, but the notion that we should stop learning because it threatens God is still ever-present.