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**Forexampleee** · 09-01-2012, 02:26 PM

I found this article this morning and wondered if you had any comments....

Buddhists Join the Clergy Letter Project and Call for the Teaching of Evolution

by Michael Zimmerman

American Buddhist priests have joined their Judeo-Christian counterparts and called for the teaching of evolution in public schools.

The only surprising part of this announcement is the sad fact that due to the incessant drumbeat of religious fundamentalism there has to be an announcement at all. But across America today, and in a growing portion of the rest of the world, modern science is under attack by those who would prefer that we return to a pre-scientific society, a society in which wishes trump evidence and in which ignorance attempts to dominate knowledge.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michae...p_ref=buddhism

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09-01-2012, 02:26 PM	#1
Forexampleee Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 502 Senior Member	Buddhists Join the Clergy Letter Project I found this article this morning and wondered if you had any comments.... Buddhists Join the Clergy Letter Project and Call for the Teaching of Evolution by Michael Zimmerman American Buddhist priests have joined their Judeo-Christian counterparts and called for the teaching of evolution in public schools. The only surprising part of this announcement is the sad fact that due to the incessant drumbeat of religious fundamentalism there has to be an announcement at all. But across America today, and in a growing portion of the rest of the world, modern science is under attack by those who would prefer that we return to a pre-scientific society, a society in which wishes trump evidence and in which ignorance attempts to dominate knowledge. Continued: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michae...p_ref=buddhism .
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