Gosh...this really was a good topic. *sighs wistfully*
OK, without reading anything of this thread but the title:
The absolute last thing fundamentalists want is critical thinking.
Critical thinking and skepticism are no threat to anything in science, including the theory of evolution. If something changes, it changes for the better as new knowledge is acquired and old mistakes are discarded.
But critical thinking and skepticism can be devastating to belief systems based on scripture and revelation. Two classic examples: the global flood and the idea of a young earth. Neither has survived the test of science, and fundamentalists can only put their fingers in their ears and try to avoid learning what the facts really are. That and dishonestly twisting and manipulating those facts until they conform with belief, as the creationists websites generally do.
No, the absolute last thing fundamentalists want is critical thinking, especially when it is applied to their beliefs.
Edited by Coyote, : spelling
Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
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