Human Evolution 101

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It’s been something of a relief, my Anthropology 101 class. I sit in class and the professor talks about how people evolved, and never once mentions creationism. It’s almost as if, for fifty minutes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday — stupid religious dogma doesn’t exist. It makes it one of my favourite classes, that I can just sit and bask in the science of where people come from, how we became what we are today, and not have to worry that some religious lunatic in southern Florida or wherever-the-fuck is going on about how evolution is a big, fat, evil lie. It makes me happy.

I was reading my Anthropology textbook, the section about evolultion, when I came to a section about creationism. Being familiar with some American textbooks, I immediately groaned. “What the fuck is this doing in here?!” I wanted to know, thinking my happy bubble had been burst. I was expecting it to be some sort of apologist tripe about how creationism might be a viable theory, and we shouldn’t judge.

Instead, I got the following:

In the United States, supporters of what is called creation science claim that it provides a serious scientific alternative to evolutionary interpretations of our origins. No one doubts the religious sincerity of creation scientists, but their explanations are not convincing as science. Evolution is consistent with scientific facts, but creation science is not. Creationism is a faith-based alternative to evolutionary interpretations of human origins, but despite the name of one of its manifestations, it is not science.

I’ve decided to interpret this as their way of saying (politely), “Creationism is FULL OF SHIT.”

And it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy all over.

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