Gawd save the Queen ... or something like that

[6ferrets]

NPR has a story contrasting the celebration of Charles Darwin in the UK and the controversy in the US. The short version is that he's a national hero in his homeland, but thirty-four of the United States “have passed anti-evolution laws of one kind or another.” :-(

Representing the Church of England, the Right Rev. Lord Harries of Pentregarth

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NOMA

[bookboy]

>...a version of NOMA, which I think is a cop-out.

I think it is possible for science and religion to occupy separate domains, but it requires the religious to scrupulously avoid making empirically falsifiable statements. They seem unable to resist the temptation!

[spudtater]

It's not quite so clear-cut as that; only about half of Britons are convinced of the truth of the theory of evolution. I think the real difference is that the fight is not quite so nasty over here - even creationists show a grudging respect for Darwin as a man and scientist.

Oh, and the celebration of Darwin might be in full swing at the moment, but he's always been an important national figure - he's been on the moneh for some time.