Posted: Nov 22, 2010 9:01 am
I normally avoid the program as it usually makes my blood boil, but I caught this bit yesterday and watched this in horror.
I've sent the following complaint to the BBC (not that it'll do any good)
I've sent the following complaint to the BBC (not that it'll do any good)
The “debate” on evolution on 'Sunday Morning Live' on 21st November was a travesty.
What on earth is the BBC doing, giving airtime to such unintelligent ideas, and to make matters worse, not allow the counter arguments to this bronze age thinking to be put properly? The item turned into a propaganda slot for creationism, and had no place on the same channel that has aired so many excellent factual documentaries such as Sir David Attenborough's excellent 'First Life'.
No properly educated, reasonable, informed person would think that Darwin got it wrong - there is no debate to be had.
The question that really needs to be posed is “Does the fact that in the 21st century are there still people who dogmatically cling to Bible creationism, demonstrate the dangers of religious indoctrination?”
Can we look forward to a similar “debate” on heliocentricity in a future series of 'Sunday Morning Live'?