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>  Thank you for the support of my comment. What you mention here is very
> well said. Also Richard Dawkin was a secular humanist who believed in the
> neutralities and understandings of modern science as it applied to
> genetics, and modern theories of evolution. The theories of evolution have
> undergone change since the days of Darwinism and Dawkins embraces the
> origins of Darwin's scientific concepts as well as the adaptations of more
> modern developments. 
> It is also interesting that you noted that the Scopes Trials were not
> against teaching evolution per se, but that they were more concerned with
> not prohibiting the teaching of the Bible in the public school setting. For
> me I come from a very secular country (France) and in France there is
> strong separation of church and state so in the schools there is a clear
> distinction between science and religion and science is the main subject
> that is taught, not religion, unless it is being taught in a historical or
> philisopical sense in a history class or a philosophy class. Edith
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