One of the most important reasons why creationism does not belong in the classroom is because creationism promotes superstitious thinking, which is the antithesis of scientific thinking. Trying to think superstitiously about science really screws things up, and in today’s excerpt from Pastor Stephen Feinstein’s reply to Russell Glasser, we find an almost prototypical example.
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1 comment
Counter Apologist
February 12, 2013 at 7:58 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
When I saw the title for this post, I immediately thought it was going to be a discussion about different Unix shells and configuring network switches. I work too much I think.
That said, great article.