re: #787 topazpilot

One can ignore or let pass some issues on the basis that it is politics and we all know that not all votes are solicited through the utmost honesty and that it is stupid to lose votes simply by insulting a particular belief. For example, I strongly suspect that there are atheists in congress and the senate and possibly that there have been past presidents who were, but I don’t blame them for that deceit. That is a fact of life.

The issue here however is not (and it has been said many times) whether someone has a belief that is only expressed as a part of a larger philosophy; it is a matter of imposing that belief on others. Specifically of course when it comes down to something as fundamental as following in the footsteps of deceivers and liars like the proponents of ID who want MY children as their catch.

I don’t advocate forcing school children to read Dawkins or Harris or Hitchens in school, but they have no hesitation in trying to do the contrary and reduce science to nothing but the equivalent of New Age garbage.

There is little difference in principle between ID/Creationist supporters and apologetics and left wing teachings that all opinions are equally valid. Both extremes have my contempt.