From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 05:32:02 -0500, Adam  wrote:

> Given the role that Anglicanism played in the founding days of the US
> etc.etc.etc.
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,1735732,00.html
>
> "The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has stepped into the
> controversy between religious fundamentalists and scientists by saying
> that he does not believe that creationism - the Bible-based account of
> the origins of the world - should be taught in schools.
>
> Giving his first, wide-ranging, interview at Lambeth Palace, the
> archbishop was emphatic in his criticism of creationism being taught in
> the classroom, as is happening in two city academies founded by the
> evangelical Christian businessman Sir Peter Vardy and several other
> schools.
>
> "I think creationism is ... a kind of category mistake, as if the Bible
> were a theory like other theories ... if creationism is presented as a
> stark alternative theory alongside other theories I think there's just
> been a jarring of categories ... My worry is creationism can end up
> reducing the doctrine of creation rather than enhancing it," he said."
>
>
> Adam

WHAT role that Anglicanism played in our founding days?  The denominations
here were largely FLEEING your established state church.

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Gary Wiltshire

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