The rightful place of science is in guiding decisions that involve how we live on the planet. The spirit of open inquiry should guide us, rather than preconceived notions about how things ought to be, based on narrow beliefs. All of these anti-evolution people who say that "evolution is just a theory" should remember that there is no mathematical certainty about religion either. If there were, there would be no need for faith, and then, there are religions that don't need faith.
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