Creationism is an affront to reason, science and logic?
Someone who is on the record as believing that the earth is flat would be an unlikely anchor of the BBC’s flagship breakfast news show. A news reporter who denied basic facts from the past such as the French revolution, the explosion of Mount Vesuvius, or the Holocaust would surely raise eyebrows at interview. Climate change denial, or a denial of heliocentrism, would be unlikely to find favour at the BBC. And yet they have just selected a creationist to front their Breakfast show.
Of course, in a free society, the margin of respect and tolerance given to religious beliefs should be generous. As a Christian, I hope society continues to protect my right to hold beliefs and to express them. But that margin cannot cover disregard for well-established scientific fact in a job where fact is key. And while I have no doubt that Dan Walker is, in every other aspect, entirely qualified for his role as a...