'Godless communists' embrace creationism

[Mike Elphick]

Andy Coghlan, reporter for New Scientist Magazine writes:-

Enthusiasts of creationism on the fringes of the American evangelical movement now have the strangest new allies - in a nation that made atheism its state religion.

Yes, creationism has now reared its ugly and evolving head in Russia, the heart of the "Godless communism" that prevailed in the Soviet Union.

And, as pointed out in a superb blog by Michael Zimmerman in the Huffington Post, the Russian rhetoric sounds strangely familiar.

After giving a lecture last week in Moscow, Hilarion Alfeyev, Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, was reported by Reuters saying:-

"The time has come for the monopoly of Darwinism and the deceptive idea that science in general contradicts religion. These ideas should be left in the past... Darwin's theory remains a theory. This means it should be taught to children as one of several theories, but children should know of other theories too."

Source.

I don't see what this has got to do with communism — I suppose that's just journalism — but interesting about the Russian Orthodox Church.

 

[Exiledoomsayer]

I read this a while back too. I wonder how it will play out. I dare say they will be playing the "Western capatalism" card to shoo evolution. I wonder if its just as effective as the "Socialism" card in the usa.

 

[Hespera]

I read this a while back too. I wonder how it will play out. I dare say they will be playing the "Western capatalism" card to shoo evolution. I wonder if its just as effective as the "Socialism" card in the usa.

Sheesh. and i read in this very forum that evolution is a Victorian religion.

What is a person to believe?

 

[Exiledoomsayer]

Sheesh. and i read in this very forum that evolution is a Victorian religion.

What is a person to believe?

The word of god obviously. Now if only we knew which one