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Originally Posted by angus58

There are as many enlightened Christians as there are enlightened Jews who have no problem reconciling their faith with evolutionary theory. There are equally as many dogmatic Jews as there are dogmatic Christians who believe the absolute word of the Torah and Bible respectively. All are equally entitled to their beliefs.

Well the Church of England more or less accepts evolutionary theory now, but it's a relatively recent development. In fact it was only three years ago that they apologised for rejecting Darwin's theory of evolution and we all know what a fuss they made when the Origin of the Species was first published. With the Jewish community it has always been a non-issue, which is what makes Melanie Phillips such an anomaly. Her dislike of science is something you'd expect from a born-again Christian. For instance, she still believes there is a serious link between Autistic Spectrum Disorder and the MMR vaccine even today after the publication responsible for the study retracted their findings after the General Medical Council declared the research dishonest.