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Robert Gavlak argues that a fundamental conflict exists between religion’s dogmatic mindset and science’s pursuit of understanding. He criticizes religious zealots for distorting Thomas Jefferson’s “wall of separation” to prioritize religion over secularism. Gavlak highlights Arizona State Senator David Farnsworth’s attempt to introduce Intelligent Design into the science curriculum, dismissing it as a creationist attack on evolutionary theory. He argues Farnsworth displays ignorance by misrepresenting evolution as humans descending from monkeys. Gavlak sees this as another instance of chipping away at the separation of church and state and promoting a radical interpretation of Jefferson’s intent.
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These distinctly incompatible perspectives succinctly characterize the foundational conflict between the domineering doctrinaire mindset of religion and the open-minded quest for understanding and genuine meaning that is the goal of science.
Ever since Thomas Jefferson’s first statement of his famous metaphorical wall of separation between Church and State, religious zealots have maintained their own wall of separation between doctrine and reason, insisting that Jefferson’s true intention was always to favor protected status for religion over secularism. These determined proponents, constantly chipping away at the canonical meaning of Jefferson’s symbolism and bolstered by recent ideological shifts in the Supreme Court, now hope to see their radical interpretation finally become official.
In the latest iteration of Arizona’s very own perennial legislative assault on Church-State separation, State Senator David Farnsworth of Mesa has resurrected the campaign to force Intelligent Design into the science curriculum as a legitimate challenge to the authority of evolutionary theory. As a consummate creationist, he proudly displays his ignorance of evolutionary theory by mockingly offering up the classic pejorative mischaracterization of its central thesis as proof of its absurdity, namely that humans came from monkeys.
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Robert Gavlak is a lifelong Tucsonan and scientist.
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