Fundamentalists miss true Christmas message

IN PENNSYLVANIA this week, a judge who is himself a strong Christian believer delivered a stinging judgment against those - in this case a school board in the town of Dover - who seek to teach American schoolchildren the idea of "intelligent design" as part of the science curriculum, and as an alternative to the theory of evolution.

The growing "intelligent design" lobby, however, was neither dismayed nor deterred by the ruling, so strong is their belief that the idea of Darwinian evolution is incompatible with Christian faith, and must no longer be taught without alternatives. ...