From The Church: Darwin Was Right!

In a bold move by the Church of England, a public apology to Charles Darwin (posthumous, of course) has been drafted and will be included on a website that they are putting together to promote his views. The Church. Promoting the views of Darwin.

This is what I would like to refer to as the writing on the wall for Christians, as in "did ya get the memo?"

In a rare show of insight, the Church also reflected: "Hey! This is just like that whole Galileo thing that blew up in our face!"

The apology, drafted by Rev Dr Malcolm Brown, the Church of England's director of mission and public affairs, reads as follows:

"Charles Darwin: 200 years from your birth, the Church of England owes you an apology for misunderstanding you and, by getting our first reaction wrong, encouraging others to misunderstand you still. We try to practise the old virtues of 'faith seeking understanding' and hope that makes some amends."

Nestled within there is the key problem: encouraging others to misunderstand. Why stop with Darwin and Galileo? I am sure that there is a substantial list of contributors to modern science who had their work condemned by the Church during their day.

Perhaps this is the beginning of a new positive trend towards accepting the world around us instead of lashing out at it in fear every time we feel threatened by someone else's perspective.