I think a large part of it is demographics - creationism is very much "in the water" here; millions of Americans believe in it and most of them are conservative given modern liberalism's attitudes towards religion. So to openly denounce creationism risks pissing off millions of potential supporters. I wish I knew what could be done about it - it seems to be getting worse, rather than better, considering that it's now affecting Catholics. http://ncrcafe.org/node/2122 Depressingly, my own parents seem like they might be falling for it of late, given how they reacted to the buzz around Ben Stein's "Expelled" (which I have not seen, but I don't like what I've read about it). My dad told me that he had been listening to a spot on a radio show about the movie, and yelled "You fucking whore!" at a woman who called in to criticize it. He seemed to think himself a real comedian for doing so. Granted I didn't hear what the woman said - she could have been bashing theism itself - but still. I'm going to have to confront them about this sooner or later, but I'm not looking forward to it.
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Date: 2008-10-11 04:37 pm (UTC)Depressingly, my own parents seem like they might be falling for it of late, given how they reacted to the buzz around Ben Stein's "Expelled" (which I have not seen, but I don't like what I've read about it). My dad told me that he had been listening to a spot on a radio show about the movie, and yelled "You fucking whore!" at a woman who called in to criticize it. He seemed to think himself a real comedian for doing so. Granted I didn't hear what the woman said - she could have been bashing theism itself - but still. I'm going to have to confront them about this sooner or later, but I'm not looking forward to it.