“SCIENCE v. PREJUDICE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19973, 17 October 1927, Page 6

“SCIENCE v. PREJUDICE.

Sir, —The heading of the letter signed by Mr Talbot is rather unfortunate, for 1 seem to remember correspondence some ‘little time ago on the same subject of evolution, in reference to a topic under consideration by the Government at the present time. Mr Talbot belongs to a group of thinkers who have made a fetish uf Reason and Evolution, so much so that, unless phenomena can be proved by rule of thumb, they are either false or nonexistent. 1 suppose Air Talbot believes in what is termed Natural Law and that Evolution is guided by certain laws. If so, then he must obviously agree that there uiust be a Mind which created and controls these natural laws. This is only a reasoned and logical conclusion, granted the fact of natural law and order. Yet he talks about narrowmindedness and prejudice. Your correspondent is up in thmi against the Bible-in-»Schools proposition, but why endeavour to enforce his point of view upon the educational system? By all means let us have Evolution and Reason in the curriculum, but why leave out the finest moral code and the best English work of literature? He goes on to talk about the production, of protoplasm in a scientific laboratory and admits that it cannot be done. That is throne great mystery that cannot be manufactured —Life! The most wonderful thing in the world! With all their science they cannot even produce a little seed, let alone protoplasm. So it seems that much bias and prejudice can be applied to the Rationalist group to which Mr Talbot belongs and that these folk suffx-r From ttie complaint as much as the bigoted religionist. PLAIN JIMMY. October 14.