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> However, when it comes to theaters in science centers pulling films,  
> sorry, context is everything.  Dialogue is one thing, but I don't go  
> to church and expect to hear evolution anymore than I would expect to  
> go to a science center and see religion.
>

That's kind of a shame.  There are lots of religious organizations that  
are perfectly fine with the science of evolution. In our unitarian  
universalist congregation, it is often the subject of discussions, and  
occasionally sermons, programs, etc.  OK, UU's are outliers, here is a  
survey of how various religions regard evolution  
(http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_denom.htm)

Eric Siegel

> David Smith makes a valuable point in that science IS a human activity  
> subject to all it's behavioral and attitudinal foibles, and Clifford  
> notes how we can all quote the Galileo story by heart; let's face it,  
> everyone knows SOMEONE whose research was affected, buried or enhanced  
> by a colleagues' ego.  Is science up on a pedestal and superior to  
> other ideas?  Not by a long shot.  (That would make an interesting  
> exhibition!)  However, isn't the point of going to a science center to  
> understand how science illuminates our understanding of the world?   
> How science works?  How science interprets the world through  
> self-correction based on data?  Let's not suddenly go PC-crazy, this  
> is a little too important.
> Beryl
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>> This topic is now on the CNN home page.
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>> http://www.cnn.com
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>> Ilka Porter
>> Education Coordinator
>> Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center
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>> NOW SHOWING:
>> -The Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibition
>> -Virtual Journey of the Temple Mount
>> -Mysteries of Egypt and Mystery of the Maya IMAX Films
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>>>  Barbara Flagg wrote
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>>>   and yes, we included in our focus groups the small percentage of  
>>> the
>>
>>>  population who are not believers in evolution.
>>
>>  From National Geographic  
>> (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/
>> 1018_041018_science_religion.html)
>>
>> "...in a 2001 Gallup poll 45 percent of U.S. adults said they believe  
>> evolution has played no role in shaping humans. According to the  
>> creationist view, God produced humans fully formed, with no previous  
>> related species..."
>>
>> We're up the creek here...
>>
>> Eric Siegel
>> Executive VP
>>     Programs and Planning
>> NY Hall of Science
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