So, the Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church wants "the monopoly of Darwinism and the deceptive idea that science in general contradicts religion" to end, just as his friends in the US. [New Scientist blog]
This is like saying we can't let cleverness have a monopoly, stupidity must have an equal saying in our lives. Excuse me while I knock my head on my desk so I can get stupid enough to understand this.
Let us be clear. There is no relativism in some things: Creationism is stupid. Evolution is clever.
However this Universe came into being, I would think that it was by some clever stuff rather than the stupid stuff. It takes a religious mind to turn a fine and clever universe to a stupid one.
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