Religion => Ignorance

A recent Gallup poll showed that only 4 in 10 believe in Darwin's evolution in the US. I am saddened, but not surprised, to hear this. Religion is a dangerous system of control that wants to keep society in a permanent state of childhood. I can not agree more with Émile Zola: "Civilization will not attain perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest."

"As Darwin is being lauded as one of the most important scientists in history on the 200th anniversary of his birth (on Feb. 12, 1809), it is perhaps dismaying to scientists who study and respect his work to see that well less than half of Americans today say they believe in the theory of evolution [...], the evidence is clear that even to this day, Americans' religious beliefs are a significant predictor of their attitudes toward Darwin's theory. Those who attend church most often are the least likely to believe in evolution, and most likely to say they do not believe in it."

Source: Gallup, Feb. 11, 2009.