Evolution Sunday
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Alan Boyle from Cosmiclog gives a look at Evolution Sunday:
The calendar boasts plenty of religious holidays, but how many scientific holidays can you name? One of the red-letter days is coming up on Monday, when more than 850 events around the globe will mark Darwin Day, the 198th anniversary of the evolutionary theorist’s birth. You can hear about Charles Darwin and the revolution he sparked from hundreds of church pulpits this weekend, as part of a program called Evolution Sunday.
Are those godless secularists trying to take on the trappings of religion? Not at all, says Robert Stephens, one of the organizers behind Darwin Day. “We’re not trying to make a saint out of Darwin,” he said. “We’re just using him as a symbol.” Stephens and his colleagues say this long holiday weekend is as good a time as any to turn science into a cause for celebration.
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