Leave science to them

When will Sarah H.S. and so many others like her (mostly Republicans and ultra-conservative right-wingers and evangelicals) get a clue about scientific facts and real information, supported by open-minded and truly educated citizens? But like so many other hypocrites, they use false or incomplete information to support their biblical perspectives and interpretations about such things as reproduction, genetics, geology, even history to misinform and indoctrinate their “believers” in their “truths” about everything on Earth.

Please leave the medical field to doctors and research scientists, for they know much more than you know about almost everything of humans’ existence. Let parents help decide what’s in the best interest of their children. You are making unwanted and uninformed decisions about things you know little about. It’s a disgrace to use your interpretations of biblical scripture to force people to accept your beliefs. As a teacher of science for over 30 years, I have been told by local citizens and parents that everything you need to know is in your Bible(?), and that they don’t want their kids to think or question things; they are just to accept what they have been told(?).

The worst of all is when you foster distrust, even hatred in others, “non-believers.” Many of our religious leaders and pastors promote many ideas, then they tell us it’s all in “God’s” plan. What ever happened to W.W.J.D. (What Would Jesus Do?) and the belief in Open Hearts, Open Doors, Open Minds. I don’t think the Bible should be used to exclude any of these precepts.

L.D. BINTLIFF

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