A Pensacola News Journal opinion article features a Galapagos naturalist guide’s no-punches-pulled opinion on public understanding of evolution. Gotta love it.
Bring up the topic of why Darwin’s theory of evolution frightens some people, and she in a wise, philosophical way will tell you that some religious leaders have so little faith in the power of God that they fail to understand how faith and science can coexist.
When I explained to Graciela that there are places in America where there is still resistance to teaching Darwinian evolution in schools, her rolling eyes and frown told me all I needed to know about her opinion on that issue. She explained that fearful skeptics visit these islands every day, and some leave still unwilling to acknowledge what their eyes and good sense should be telling them about the truth of evolution.
