I was raised by total wingnuts in an Amway household. And yet, science was never a problem (until my Mom started listening to Glenn Beck a couple of years ago, but that’s another story…). Why? The way I was taught was that science was a way for us to understand the whole of the universe, to figure out how things work here so we can make the best place for ourselves and make use of the gift God gave all living things when He gave us Earth. Evolution never once was something that was questioned, the science is there, and it also does NOT at all really contradict the Bible. Unless you’re an idiot who twists it to mean whatever weird shit you need it to mean so you can be a victim and/or enforce your beliefs on everyone else. These are people who are so unsure about their beliefs that they have to be reinforced by every single thing around them. Which would be fine if they wouldn’t insist on their kids being uneducated too.

Now that I’m an adult, I’m an agnostic and I’m not sure I buy into my parents’ explanation of science and God, but I am grateful they always encouraged me to read, explore, collect fossils and shells,learn the latin names for plants, to collect samples for the microscope or to learn about space.