Since the turn of the millennium, a new militancy has arisen among religious skeptics in response to three threats to science and freedom: (1) attacks against evolution education and stem cell research; (2) breaks in the barrier separating church and state leading to political preferences for some faiths over others; and (3) fundamentalist terrorism here and abroad. Full Story »
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What the author only alludes to, and needs to be said explicitly, is that atheism is just as much a position of faith as theism. Neither position can be proven and adherents of both find plenty of evidence in the natural world to confirm their positions. What ought to be taught in science class is science - that which can be potentially falsified by repeatable experiment. What ought to be taught in religion or philosophy class is personal beliefs - about ethics, origins of the universe, origins of life, and rules of righteous behavior. What has to be resisted is the coercion of one group by the other by governmental or other means.
