September 15, 2008
Church appologies to Darwin
I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here (loads of things going on giving me very little time to write!), but an article I read today really caught my eye. The Church of England is going to officially appologise to Darwin for “misunderstanding (him) and, by getting (their) first reaction wrong, encouraging others to misunderstand (him) still”.
While this is certainly a very late appology, and only a tiny step in the right direction, I can’t help but wonder how this might affect the disturbing popularity of creationism. While I obviously don’t agree with many (if not all) of the views of the Christian churches, they’re in a much more powerful position to fight against creationism than any secular or atheist organisation. I certainly don’t expect the church to come around in another 126 years and say they were wrong about God existing, but if we can at least aim to weed out the most dangerous beliefs, perhaps rational thought might have some hope of a future.
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