ATHEIST FEAR MONGERING

One of atheists favorite technique is to create anxiety in people by stressing that by opposing evolution one is opposing science and that scientific progress will be stifled if people end up believing that the universe was created by God. What they conveniently fail to mention is that the greatest leaps forward in science took place because of fervent believers like Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Pasteur, Faraday, etc. Click on "God and the Greatest Minds" for well documented evidence.

"Since the teaching of creationism in public schools has been struck down repeatedly by the U.S. Supreme Court, it has been given this new name, with the argument that it is not creationism because it does not specify who the “intelligent designer” is. However the Discovery Institute, the main proponent of ID, makes it clear that their real purpose is: “to reverse the stifling dominance of the materialist worldview, and to replace it with a science consonant with Christian and theistic convictions.” If they succeed, our international leadership in scientific research and technological development will be lost, perhaps irrevocably " (Emphasis mine).

http://www.allianceforscience.org/alliance_mission_statement

"Authoritarian religion, aided by the apathy of the voting public, threatens to envelope us in ignorance, intolerance and tyranny. Atheism, with a human centered vision and a reality-based approach to problem solving, can lead us away from this regressive trap and back toward intellectual growth, personal freedom, and social, environmental and scientific progress (Emphasis mine). But to achieve these goals, there must be unified atheist action on a national scale. Atheists have a powerful independent streak, and atheist organizations must reflect this trait through freedom to develop and experiment, unhindered by a controlling centralized "moral" power structure."

http://www.atheistalliance.org/aai/index.php, Jan. 21/2007