Here, let me spin this right around, Those who reject Creation do not understand what they are talking about. Like there isn’t more important issue for Sam Hoyt to get involved in here he is sponsoring legislation for Albany for this birthday celebration for Darwin… Amazing, it fails to surprise me anymore where Hoyt is coming from.

“There is no controversy in science,” said Jason Cryan, the museum’s director of the Laboratory for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics. “Those who reject evolution do not understand what they are talking about.”

Theory of evolution still divisive

As Charles Darwin’s birthday nears, debate over his ideas continues

Nearly 150 years after its publication, Charles Darwin’s “Origin of Species,” outlining his ideas about evolution, still divides science and faith.

And Darwin’s 199th birthday, which is Tuesday, has prompted worldwide and local observances and discussions about Darwin and evolution’s role in religion and education.

In Albany, Mayor Jerry Jennings will proclaim “Darwin Day” Tuesday. Supporters of a resolution by state Assemblymen Sam Hoyt of Buffalo and Richard N. Gottfried of Manhattan hope to have the day recognized statewide.

Meanwhile, the State Museum plans a lecture Wednesday night that aims to educate the public about evolution.

“There is no controversy in science,” said Jason Cryan, the museum’s director of the Laboratory for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics. “Those who reject evolution do not understand what they are talking about.”

Cryan said creationism and intelligent design may have a place in religion or philosophy classes, but not in science class. He linked debate over evolution in this country to fundamental principles in the U.S. Constitution: separation of church state and freedom of expression.

“We hold dear our right to believe what we want to believe,” Cryan said.

But for many Christians, the literal interpretation of the Bible is a foundation of their faith. A 2005 Scripps Howard/Ohio University poll found that 54 percent of those asked believe that “God created the universe and humans in a six-day period,” and only 23 percent believe that “humans evolved from other animal species through natural selection.”

Ken Ham, founder of the Creation Museum in Petersburgh, Ky., has fought for creationist beliefs and to have public schools give equal time to “intelligent design,” the view that life is so complex that it must have been created by a higher authority.

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