I think it's the message that's unwelcome, unfortunately. A good share of the population wants to stick its fingers in its ears and go "lalalalalala" and not listen to anything that might be troubling. (And for the parent quoted in the article, science means nothing anyway -- it referenced them believing the earth was only thousands of years old, after all.)
Sometimes I feel like it's not about the facts or message anymore, it's all about who has the better propaganda -- that's who people will believe, regardless of the evidence in front of them. The parent in the article assumes that their kids believe everything they see without questioning it. And maybe they do, if they're the type who buy into everything their preacher tells them. We so desperately need to teach people (of all ages) how to think critically.
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Date: 2007-01-18 05:37 am (UTC)Sometimes I feel like it's not about the facts or message anymore, it's all about who has the better propaganda -- that's who people will believe, regardless of the evidence in front of them. The parent in the article assumes that their kids believe everything they see without questioning it. And maybe they do, if they're the type who buy into everything their preacher tells them. We so desperately need to teach people (of all ages) how to think critically.