Is the Scientific Community, at threat from Fundamental Christian Politics?

Question

"polls suggest half of all Americans - including three out of ten current republican presidential candidates - don't believe in evolution."

I was never taught that humans come from 'monkeys' or from 'chimps' (an ape, different family than monkeys). I was never taught birds came from 'dinosaurs'.
So who is teaching this? Certainly not the scientists?! It's Hollywood, TV, or people not listening at school, or parents, but scientists, no way. It isn't the scientists to blame for that. Perhaps scientists could communicate better with the general public though?

Answer 1

I like to think it is the other way around. Scientists are emerging from their Ivory towers and making the case for good science teaching. They have a lot more convincing explanation about they origin of the earth and and mankind once you know enough to understand the evidence. Only a bad education system could produce people who believe the earth is less than 10,000 years old.

Answer 2

Science only has itself to blame. Humans didn't come from chimps, and dinosaurs didn't become birds. Science needs to show more respect for the common sense of the people and stop giving such simplistic and misleading explanation for the gradual changing of living organisms. I'm not an exact replica of either of my parents. Therefore evolution is correct. No generation is an exact replica of the last generation, and over millions of years these slight changes from generation to generation can lead to substantial changes.
Most people who I've met that didn't believe in evolution immediately state, "I didn't come from a monkey!"

We need to do a better job explaining it.
As for fundies- If there's an intelligent designer, then that designer isn't very bright. Women's reproductive systems are so poorly designed that they have millions of miscarriages every year, far exceeding the number of abortions. Seems the intelligent designer is a highly prolific abortionist. Fundies should leave science to scientists and scientists can leave lying to ministers.

Answer 3

Facts, as researched by the Scientific Methodology, can be a
threat, but only for a pygmy twilight of wishfully adjusted reality.

Edit: Osama. Science is not the truth,
but one very recommendable way there.
There is no absolute truth in this Universe.

Answer 4

Fundies are a threat to the whole world without exception.
A threat to Nature.
A threat to civilization.
A threat to Mothers, Kids and the environment!

Answer 5

no dear, but extreme right-wingers like to think so.
In the modern world, free-market capitalism relies on science, not religion.

Funny isn't it, how right-wingers will rely on religion to make political decisions, but not decisions that will impact their personal economic situation?

Answer 6

We should send all the scientists to France!! or let them fall off the edge of the world!! China and India has a lot of scientists and they bother with stupid issues like this, they just beat us economically

Answer 7

Science means "truth". That's something the neocons abhor.

Answer 8

Except that "fundamentalist" liberals (who are simply the really crazy ones) are threatened just as much by real truth as the "fundamentalist" conservatives (very often also not right in the head).