"We are objecting to the message that the fossil exhibits represent the scientific evidence of human evolution," said Bishop Boniface Adoyo, chairman of the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya, which claims to represents churches of 35 denominations with 9 million members. "They do not. Human evolution is still a theory and this cannot be called as evidence.?
What they're talking about is the Turkana Boy and a bunch of Leakey's other finds.
The situation has gotten ridiculous. More than ridiculous. Dangerous. Why do we allow this kind of stupendously stupid situation go on in the name of ?tolerance?? Why allow dogma to interfere with the rational investigation of our beginnings? And why is the religious right so afraid of science when instead they should have faith that it would prove them right, unless deep down they have something to fear?
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