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Canada's science minister is a creationist

Canada’s Minister of Science, a self-described Christian, turns out to be a Creationist as well who won’t affirm that he believes in the scientific theory of evolution. I wonder if he knows that Christians are allowed to believe in evolution? Even the Catholic Church has called Creationism a “pagan” belief.

Canada’s science minister, the man at the centre of the controversy over federal funding cuts to researchers, won’t say if he believes in evolution.

“I’m not going to answer that question. I am a Christian, and I don’t think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate,” Gary Goodyear, the federal Minister of State for Science and Technology, said in an interview with The Globe and Mail.

A funding crunch, exacerbated by cuts in the January budget, has left many senior researchers across the county scrambling to find the money to continue their experiments.

Some have expressed concern that Mr. Goodyear, a chiropractor from Cambridge, Ont., is suspicious of science, perhaps because he is a creationist…

“It is the same as asking the gentleman, ‘Do you believe the world is flat?’ and he doesn’t answer on religious grounds,” said Dr. Alters. “Or gravity, or plate tectonics, or that the Earth goes around the sun.”

Minister won’t confirm belief in evolution

(Thanks, Stuart!)

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