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Originally Posted by Frequitude
That's not necessarily a positive thing, but saying they're anti-science sounds a lot like anti-Harper hyperbole meant to evoke images of some creationist bible-thumping religious zealot.
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Of note: Harper appointed a Minister of Science who is a chiropractor (lol) who refused to say whether or not he accepts the theory of evolution (WTF!). His reason for not answering: he said he's a Christian and doesn't want to comment on his religion. Let that sink in for a moment: Canada's (now-former) Minister of Science thinks that evolution is a religious belief.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/sc...chers-1.800906
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Federal Science Minister Gary Goodyear's refusal to say whether he believes in evolution has left scientists questioning what that means for Canadian research.
Dolph Schluter, a professor at the University of British Columbia, told CBCNews.ca in an email that he was "first flabbergasted and then embarrassed" when he heard Goodyear's response to a reporter's question about whether he believed in evolution.
"I'm not going to answer that question," Goodyear, federal minister of state for science and technology, told the Globe and Mail in an article published Tuesday. "I am a Christian, and I don't think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate."
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