Hmmm. Now even mainstream churches are jumping on the Darwin Day bandwagon. Evolution Weekend 2009 is coordinated by something called The Clergy Letter Project, which encourages congregations, “through sermons, discussion groups, meaningful conversations and seminars, [to] show that religion and science are not adversaries.” Well, we’ll set aside whether or not that last part is true, but it’s at least heartening to see churches and synagogues participating in this event.
A disappointing TWELVE congregations are listed for the entire state of Georgia (and similarly paltry numbers for every other state, so I’m not picking on the Peach State). It’s also unclear exactly what these churches are doing (I checked the official website and the Facebook page for St. Mark United Methodist Church in Atlanta, for example, and could not find anything about Evolution Weekend 2009).
