Despite it being so late as to seem silly for the Church of England to apologise to Darwin for not believing in evolution, it’s still a good idea, given the efforts by creationists to hijack their religion. <\/p>\n

There’s nothing on the Church of England’s website and it won’t let me in to the testbed area but The Times<\/a>, the unpleasant Daily Mail and even more deeply unpleasant Conservapedia think the CofE is about to launch a pro-Darwin site.<\/p>\n

Or as the morons at conservapedia – who think this is “socialist Britain”<\/a> \ud83d\ude42 and that Christian Voice is a “leading Christian organisation” – say: <\/p>\n

The Church of England sides with the Darwinists, misrepresenting biblical creationists in the process.(from conservapedia<\/em>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anglican leaders fear that \u201cnoisy\u201d advocates of a literal interpretation of the Bible – especially in the United States, where even the Republican vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, is a vocal supporter – are infecting the perception of Christianity worldwide. (from the Times<\/em>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nice one, Church of England. Bravo. The same goes for the Roman Catholic Church where it has spoken out for science. Both major Christian denominations recognise that the Enlightenment happened. They also claim the adherence of most of the Christians on the planet, mercifully. <\/p>\n

It’s one thing to have to disagree with their philosophies about the nature of the universe and the ultimate ground of being. Let a million flowers bloom, etc… It’s another thing altogether when religious institutions that underpin many people’s beliefs about the world give themselves over to arrant anti-scientific nonsense, like the disturbing stuff from fundamentalists. <\/p>\n

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