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Originally Posted by MSD
Our mainstream media outlets choose their headlines carefully. The "us versus them" mentality is important as it polarizes the viewers. There is a large segment of our population that seeks to promote this mentality as they sincerely believe that science is a force of evil that seeks to disprove God and religion, that the earth is 6000 years old, and that man was created by God in his current form. When 90% of the population believes in some sort of God, portraying science and scientists as the enemy are vital to their goals.
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Being religious does not automatically make one "anti-science." THAT'S an assumption perpetrated by the anti-religion contingent, in an effort to paint all religious people as backwards, ignorant fundamentalists.