Indeed. The stickers on textbooks stating the evolution is "only" a theory should be criminalized. The people who made those stickers know what is meant by "theory" in science, but because it is handier for their agenda they pretend that it only has its vernacular meaning. They intentionally phrase their arguments to use the vernacular meaning of the word so that it seems to marginalize the theory.

I think the majority of them have their hearts in the right place and simply need to get their brains to the right place too. But there is a movement within the right wing Christian Fundamentalist camp to use the beliefs of their gullible followers for political gain. If you get huge groups of people believing your claptrap and then manage to force a state to teach your claptrap to children, then you suddenly gain political power and votes. Even if you're not after politics, it's a great way to incent all those followers to send you gobs of cash.

Falwell and those of his ilk are too obstinate to feel shame, but they should be wallowing in it. They preach their hypocrisy in ways calculated to bring them personal gain. The scandals in the Catholic Church right now pale in comparison, I think, to what would be brought to light if all those people could be unmasked and shown for what they are.

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