Evolutionists as Zealots

I want to discuss a brief quote by the evolutionist and anti-creationist Ben Bova.

"Already the creationists are using political clout to tamper with biology teaching. Give them the political power and they will outlaw any ideas that they do not agree with. Evolution is merely one of many ideas that these zealots attack.” (B. Bova, Omni magazine, 10/1980, p. 35)

Comments;
- you notice how no one refers to themself as a zealot :-)
- so I ask you does this 'observation' strike you as scientific? People like Bova like to insist all of life should be scientific; but this is a mere pretense, and one they rapidly abandon everytime they get upset (zealous) about something. They jealously guard the political advantages they have gained in the last couple generations. The zealously guard their faith against all criticisms and opposition.

- the first pretense of this quote is that evolution doctrine is scientific and that creation doctrine is not. (In fact evolution isn't science but philosphy; and ancient philosophy at that. In addition it's anti-scientific; as it's opposed to some basic laws of science; ie. the law of biogenesis, the laws of Thermodynamics, etc.)

- Bova convenientyly ignores the fact if matter is all that exists truth does not and cannot exist. If he were true to his evolutionary worldview (wview)he wouldn't pretend there was any truth or falsehood involved in this (or any other) issue. (Atoms whirling through space can't be true or false, lie or tell the truth. If all is matter there can be no reality, only varying perceptions of the data.)But he likes to preach too much to be consistent with what he believes. He ignores the fact if matter is all there is there can't be right and wrong. Materialism denies the existence of moral truth; but yet Bova (in his zeal) conveniently 'forgets' this. The materialist who moralizes (which is what he's doing) is the biggest hypocrite going.

- Bova ignores the fact that zealous evolutionists have used political clout to throw creation doctrine out of the schools; have used it to attack christianity on a daily basis in those same schools... and have effectively have it outlawed. (So great is the zeal of atheists for their philosophy of life.)

- once upon a time it would have been called 'taxation without representation' to be have no say in what goes on in your community. I guess the idea you can pay to have your opponents force their philosophical views on you is scientific. Apparently bova believes this kind of tyranny is scientific. (We see here why government schools are an abomination. People should pay for the education they want; not get anti-christian education for 'free.' The control of education should be a local matter; in fact an individual or family matter.) There is nothing 'scientific' about a handful of bureaucrats in washington or ottawa deciding what children should be taught. This idea is no more scientific than the theory of evolution; both are elitist philosophies of life that give power to the political elite. But then again; maybe oligarchies are inherently more scientific than decentralized democracies :-)

- never mind that the zealots of the new PC religion are everyday using their poltical power to ban everything they don't agree with.

- Bova calls creationists zealots. This is merely rhetoric; and poor rhetoric at that. Zeal just means ardor, passion; and is cloesly connected to the more commonly used word jealous.

- evolutionists like to brand creationists as zealots; but no one promotes and defends their beliefs with more jealous ardor than evolutionists. Their use of the word zealot isn't accurate, but merely defamatory.... mere name calling. (Is there anything scientific about calling people zealots? is that a scientific term?)

- Bova apparently believes only minorities can be zealots; or that the state religion (of Darwinism) should never be resisted. (Zealots were originally a small group in Israel who resisted the Roman occupation.)

- you might have noticed that no one calls themselves a zealot. This is a term reserved exclusively for others. (This shows the hypocricy of the usage. If a term is only ever used for one's opponents we see evidence of hypocricy.)

- apparently the 'idea' evolutionists can take money from creationists (by force) and use it to propogate evolution is science :=) Such a use of Statist tyranny can't be defended by science. (Despite the pretense of 'scientific socialism' postulated by Engels and Marx.) The idea schools should be Statists institutions has nothing to do with science. (Neither does the idea of tenure :-)

- Bova seems to forget that on this basis of his own wview he is only a clump of matter, a cloud of atoms falling through space. He forgets he has no intellectual basis for any of his pronuncements. Only if there is a creator can there be truth, morality, ethics, reality and justice. If matter is all there is ''whirl is king."