At the beginning of the so-called Dark Ages, the Church fathers decided that it was no one's job to seek knowledge anywhere outside of Church doctrine. Every "educated" person was supposed to only rely on what was already known through the Church. They surmised that every important idea and fact was already known through the Bible and Church teachings. So, there was no need to look any further for the truth than what they had already known. Europe languished in intellectual poverty while the rest of the world moved forward.
I remember reading the words of a Saracen (I think that is how you spell it) prisoner of the Crusaders discribing how a European treated a soldiers leg wound by cutting of the leg and shattering the bone as he cut. The wounded knight died, of course. The Saracen was horrified b/c all the knight needed was a certain type of poultice to be placed on the wound so that it would not become infected (he didn't say "infected" but I think that is what he meant)! When he said something to the European, the man simply said that if the knight was meant to live, God would have saved him!!!
Young Earth Creationists scream for equal time because it is democratic. YEC's say that evolution is leading our country into godlessness. I wonder if any YEC has really thought about what he or she is advocating. Essentially, they are calling for the end of modern life and a return to the Dark Ages!
YEC-only education and research would not just destroy science, it would destroy everything mankind has accomplished to this point in our history. Of course, we could just pray for everything to be OK, right!?!
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