re: #41 cliffster

Agreed on the not appropriate for public schools thing. On another note, it makes me sad to see people openly ridiculing folks for their beliefs. I’m not referring to you, of course. One may not believe in creationism, but that also doesn’t make it right to mock and ridicule those that do. It is partially a reaction to frustration at having religion pushed into the classroom, but it’s still not kind.

I have some frustration with people whose interpretation of the text is so painfully literal that they must deny scientific truths—having been raised on the Rambam, who, as Marjorie pointed out above, believed that science could not contradict Torah.

That said, people are free to believe as they like; my only concern is whether people in public life allow their religious beliefs to affect their public work negatively.