Bible-Quoting Science Students on Rise in Britain

Apparently, the U.S. is exporting "irrationality" to the U.K.:

A GROWING number of science students on British university campuses are challenging the theory of evolution, saying that Darwin was wrong.

Some are being failed in university exams because they quote sayings from the Bible or Koran as scientific fact and at one college in London, most biology students are now thought to be creationists.

Earlier this month, Muslim medical students in London distributed leaflets that dismissed Darwin's theories as false. Evangelical Christian students are also increasingly vocal in challenging the notion of evolution.

In the US, there is growing pressure to teach creationism or "intelligent design" in science classes, [ED.: Bullshite! Creationism and "intelligent design" aren't synonymous, and the REAL problem is with neo-Darwinists who won't even allow "critical thinking" regarding their evolutionary dogma.] despite legal rulings against it. Similar trends in Britain have prompted the Royal Society, Britain's leading scientific academy, to confront the issue head-on with a talk next month entitled "Why Creationism is wrong", when the award-winning geneticist and author Steve Jones will deliver the lecture and challenge creationists, Christian and Islamic, to argue their case rationally.

"There is an insidious and growing problem," said Professor Jones, of University College London. "It's a step back from rationality. They [the creationists] don't have a problem with science, they have a problem with argument. And irrationality is a very infectious disease, as we see from the US."

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My Comments:
You know, because the U.S. is just a hotbed of irrationality compared to Britain, where they ban Piglet and hot-cross buns from the schools and allow throngs of Islamist militants to chant threats of murder and mayhem in the streets of London.


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Proof That The Brits Are Losing Their Minds (And Perhaps Their Souls)

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