On the seventh day, America went to court
I learnt at an early age you shouldn't believe everything you read in the papers.
I always try to apply a note of scepticism to a story - sometimes, just a nuance of interpretation can turn round the underlying meaning.
But sometimes you just have to conclude that the newspaper must be lying, because the story is so incredible it can't be explained away by nuance.
Last week one of the plaintiffs testified that her 14-year-old daughter was being abused by fellow pupils at school because she believes in evolution...64 per cent of people questioned for a recent poll said they were open to the idea of teaching creationism in addition to evolution in schools, while 38 per cent favoured replacing evolution with creationism...40 per cent of Americans believe God will eventually intervene in human affairs and bring about an end to life on Earth, according to a survey carried out in 2002. Of those believers, almost half thought this would occur in their lifetime with a return of Jesus from heaven...1 adult American in five believes that the Sun revolves around Earth, according to one study carried out last summer.
