There seems to be little opposition to those who may want to believe that the Earth is flat as people did hundreds of years ago. Perhaps this is not the best example, millions of people have seen satellite pictures showing the Earth as a globe, so the old idea of the Earth being flat is no longer tenable.

However, there is opposition, as we will explore below, particularly in some countries, to allowing Creation to be taught as a viable alternative to Evolution. Perhaps such opposition is because some people believe such teaching amounts to religious indoctrination whilst other may fear the outcome if evolution is found to be untrue, e.g. could there be a God I am answerable to (see page on Become a Christian or Creation).

On both these counts, opposition is unfounded. Firstly, teaching Creation as an alternative to Evolution does not force people to believe it (at present perhaps we indoctrinate people with Evolution?), they are still free to decide for themselves. Secondly, a belief in God is not something to be feared if we come to God with the right attitude and we have a balanced view of God (although this is open to interpretation and differs amongst different religions - see Become a Christian page, Creation page, Christian books page, and Links page for a Christian perspective).

Examples of opposition to Creation:-

In the USA, 100 Creationists who had a least a Masters degree were interviewed and all reported that they had experienced some discrimination. Twelve percent of those interviewed said they had received highly emotional non-verbal feedback, irrational verbalisations against them or even death threats. (Bergman, The Criterion, in Darwin's leap of Faith by Ankerberg, 1998a).

In colleges in the USA, there are reported to be 200 to 400 religious firings a year on the basis of religious discrimination. (Bergman, The Criterion, in Darwin's leap of Faith by Ankerberg, 1998a).

With the above in mind, in the book "Darwin's leap of Faith", there are many cases recorded in some detail of Scientists being failed degrees, having Doctorates removed, being openly sacked or forced to resign if they have made their Creationists view know.

Richard Dawkins has written that anyone who denies evolution is either "ignorant, stupid or insane" (Ankerberg, 1998a). Many other people have similar views about people with a non-evolutionists view point.

Suggested reading

Darwin's Leap of Faith, by John Ankerberg and John Weldon.

The long war against God, by H. Morris and D. Jeremiah.

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