Templeton & the NCSE - December 3, 2010 letter

Copy of email to the NCSE (National Center for Science Education):

Hi,

I thought the NCSE was about promoting science, not religion.

If you're not promoting religion then why do you give a crap about who
gets the Templeton prize?

http://ncse.com/news/2010/03/ayala-wins-templeton-prize-005389

Here's an appropriate response from Richard Dawkins:

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/5304-shame-on-the-national-academy

And from Harry Kroto:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/24/national-academy-sciences-spiritual-award

And from Sam Harris:

http://www.project-reason.org/archive/item/what_should_science_dosam_harris_v_philip_ball/

And from Daniel Dennett and Anthony Grayling:

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/3973

And from P.Z. Myers:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/06/the_name_templeton_foundation.php

Anyway apparently I was under the misapprehension that the NCSE
promoted science. Does a spoonful of Jesus help the evolution go down?
http://www.project-reason.org/newsfeed/item/truckling_to_the_faithful_a_spoonful_of_jesus_helps_darwin_go_down/

If so then you've gone off the rails, and can go to hell as far as I'm
concerned (since you'll also be advocating the teaching of hell to
students I'm sure).

Oh hey I just found another article about your traitorous useless group:

http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/ncse-becomes-biologos/

So you love Templeton? How about Krista Tippett? Oh, and Templeton's
subversion of science and conflating science and religion? How's that
for a worthy goal NCSE? Tippett is a fluffy brained lame idiot. Is she
the future of science education in America? If so then the battle is
lost.

The main problem with having preachers heading up the NCSE is that
you're still a bunch of theists. You don't understand
science, and if you did you wouldn't be theists.

Sincerely,

Jonathan