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February 05, 2007

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Tom Rees

"I would be very happy to act on this matter as soon as you can prove beyond all reasonable doubt that Creationism is not true, and I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible."

The simple answer to this is that, following this logic, the honourable member will also no doubt support the teaching of flying spaghetti monsterism...

null

Hehe, you said "member"... ;-)

On a more serious note, this is, frankly, shocking in this day and age. I think a publicity campaign to out these creationists is the least we can do to make the public aware of these bronze age attitudes to reality.

Andrew Brown

Thanks for this, I've passed on Rob Wilson's response to my contact in Reading East Labour Party. Who knows might be useful in their attempts to win the seat back.

The Labour Humanist

I can see no reason why MPs who back creationism should not be publicly exposed and embarassed. Good grief, if even the pope can accept evolution, what does that make them!?

Reagan Fan

I bet Rob Wilson will be terrified that Labour hope to regain a seat they lost by campaigning on such essential issues as Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Call me old fashioned but I thought people might care more about skoolz'n'ospitals, shows how much I know about Reading.

Paul Millington

Yes, the people of Reading do care about schools. This is why we want science taught in science classes, not religion.
(And of course many people will not welcome having their religious views dissected in science classes.)
Rob Wilson claims to support science (and is on the Education and Skills Select Committee) yet supports the teaching of superstition in place of science. What next astrology?

Jeff Peel

What is the point of this nonsense? Also people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. The labour Prime Minister is a religious whacko and several members of his cabinet. There is as strong a free-thinking tradition in Conservatism than there is in Socialism regardless of what certain nutty creationist councillors might think. Hayek, Friedman, Popper...all non-believers. There are also many non-believers in the Conservative Party in Nothern Ireland where we're trying to supplant religious based Parties with secular. We note the fact the the Labour Party doesn't organise here or contest elections.

Paul Millington

To Jeff Peel,
I agree entirely. Any creationist Labour MPs should also be "outed". This isn't a Party Political issue, nor a Religious-Humanist one. (I have no idea what religion Rob Wilson follows - nor do I care). It is one of science and technology vs myth, a government fit for the 21st century not the 14th.

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