The Believer
Is E. O. Wilson really interested in reaching out to the faithful, or is he just preaching to the choir? By Ragan Sutterfield
E.O. Wilson is a true believer. An eminent Harvard entomologist and author of more than twenty books, Wilson is a naturalistic humanist for whom science is the source of all wisdom, and the best answer to humanity’s basic problems. Speaking with a fervor worthy of a fire-and-brimstone preacher, Wilson writes in his new book The Creation that science “generates knowledge in the most productive and unifying manner contrived in history, and it serves humanity without obeisance to any particular tribal deity.”
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I don't think it is possible to convince any fundamentalist Christian of the pointlessness of creating a god in man's image and then thinking the bible is God's word.
The rise of Christian fundamentalism in the USA as a political force scares the living daylights out of the rest of us just as much as Islamic fundamentalism.
Posted by:Dr Ken Lynn |November 4, 2006 6:33 AM