From Sudhakar Patel
Bryan Appleyard accuses some scientists of cultural arrogance. But the 17
pages of your report are concerned with Christian creationism. I know it’s the
Christians who are causing the fuss. My point is that they are committing a huge
act of cultural arrogance by imposing their creation myth on a world of many
creations as if theirs were the only one. This shows that they are blinkered,
ignorant or disregarding of all the other cultures of the world. I suspect all
three.
A person who is not so blind can see that the world and Universe have been
created innumerable times. North America plus Universe by native American gods;
Australia plus Universe by Aboriginal gods; South Americas plus Universe by
Amerindian gods. In fact, the Middle East had already been created by several
cultures which were contemporary to the first Judaeo-Christians.
Stockport, Cheshire
