Posted by
ValiantForTruth on Saturday, June 30, 2007 12:41:44 PM
The following excerpt is from an article at AiG:
http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/aroundtheworld/2007/06/27/will-creation-be-banned-in-europe/
The entire article at:
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/2211
“…next Tuesday, the Council of Europe (CoE), Europe’s main human-rights body, will vote on a proposal which advocates the fight against creationism, ‘young earth’ and ‘intelligent design’ in its 47 member states.
“According to a report of the CoE’s Parliamentary Assembly, creationists are dangerous ‘religious fundamentalists’ who propagate ‘forms of religious extremism’ and ‘could become a threat to human rights.’ The report adds that the acceptance of the science of evolutionism ‘is crucial to the future of our societies and our democracies.’
“‘Creationism, born of the denial of the evolution of species through natural selection, was for a long time an almost exclusively American phenomenon,’ the report says.
“‘Today creationist theories are tending to find their way into Europe and their spread is affecting quite a few Council of Europe member states. […] [T]his is liable to encourage the development of all manner of fundamentalism and extremism, synonymous with attacks of utmost virulence on human rights. The total rejection of science is definitely one of the most serious threats to human rights and civic rights. […] The war on the theory of evolution and on its proponents most often originates in forms of religious extremism which are closely allied to extreme right-wing political movements. The creationist movements possess real political power. The fact of the matter, and this has been exposed on several occasions, is that the advocates of strict creationism are out to replace democracy by theocracy. […] If we are not careful, the values that are the very essence of the Council of Europe will be under direct threat from creationist fundamentalists.’
According to the CoE report, America and Australia are already on their way towards becoming such undemocratic theocracies where human and civic rights are endangered. Creationism is ‘well-developed in the English-speaking countries, especially the United States and Australia,’ the report states.
“‘While most curricula in Europe today unashamedly teach evolution as a recognised scientific theory, the same does not apply to the United States.’”