"We can't tell you how the Grand Canyon was created becasue someone might get mad..."
cn | 04 January, 2007 16:00In a story that's been all over the blogshpere (this from thinkprogress.org)...
Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees. Despite promising a prompt review of its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noah’s flood rather than by geologic forces, more than three years later no review has ever been done and the book remains on sale at the park.”
This is really just disturbing. The inference here is that if a small group of people threatens this organization enough, the organization (in this case the National Park) will fold. I am, of course, assuming that GCNP would prefer to at least tell the public that visits how the Grand Canyon might have been formed if we assume the scientific hypothesis. But they don't even do that. Why not present both sides, both opinions - the religious and the scientific. I would prefer to just see the scientific in this situation, but I can see the value of both. Yet here it seems that the religion-pushers would rather quash all opposing viewpoints and the world seems to be full of people too afraid to stand up to them or at least people who will demand a dialog.
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