Free Church: Creationism teaching ban is 'bigoted and anti-religious'

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Campaigners bidding to ban schools from teaching creationism in science lessons are "militant atheists" who want to impose their own views on youngsters and discourage questioning, a church leader has claimed.

STV
8 November 2014 13:24 GMT

Reverend David Robertson, who will become the next Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland in May, accused the Scottish Secular Society (SSS) of using the "false bogeyman of creationism" in an attempt to "undermine and attack Christianity in pursuit of their sectarian and bigoted anti-religious beliefs".

The SSS has put forward a petition calling on education secretary Mike Russell to issue guidance to publicly-funded schools and colleges to "prevent the teaching of creationism and related doctrines as viable alternatives to established science".

Creationism is the belief that the universe and living beings originate "from specific acts of divine creation", with the SSS saying last year that teaching this "and the denial of evolution has been found in three separate Scottish schools in a very short period of time".

This, it argued, raises concerns that "such views and excesses may be endemic in the system".

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/298911-free-church-creationism-teaching-ban-is-bigoted-and-anti-religious/\

At least it's not Texas this time.

[cbayer]

1. Lol, secularists and scientists, not militant atheists.

And their own view is evolution.

The bogeyman of creationism is not false.

[MisterP]

2. they call 'em the "Wee Frees" since they schism at the drop of a hat

the also bring Chick Tracts into Glasgow, reproducing North Ireland's troubles across the strait (though really Belfast and Derry's problems are Scotland's, but it's a LONG story)

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3. Thanks. I know very little about them.