Scientists and theologians have been at odds for centuries. Science believes in challenging what we think we know. The religious believe in faith and punishing those that challenge any part of their faith. Copernicus was persecuted by the church for theorizing that the earth revolved around the sun vs. the earth being the heavenly center of the universe. Galileo was imprisoned for his discoveries.
We now have a modern day version (besides jihad terrorists). Texas has a board of educators that determines what goes in the textbooks for our children. This year the board voted to enact new teaching standards for history and social studies that will alter which material gets included in school textbooks. It decided to drop Thomas Jefferson from a world history section devoted to great political thinkers. Jefferson is widely regarded as one of the most important of all the founding fathers of the United States and the chief architect of the constitution … but he also is the one that first suggested the separation of church and state. Hence, he is no longer part of US history in Texas … and a lot of other states that end up with the Texas textbooks because the publishers can’t afford different books for every state. And I bet these people are also concerned that Obama is taking away their country.
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