You see, the following statement is allowed to be made
enough to explode. So, forget Jesus. The stars died so that
(and is being made in a number of instances) to public
you could be here today.”
school science students: “Our ancestors worshiped the sun.
He is clearly a religious zealot as he proclaims his atheistic
They were far from foolish. It makes good sense to revere the
religion and blasphemes our Savior.
sun and stars because we are their children. The silicon in
Krauss, Tyson, and the producers of the new Cosmos
the rocks, the oxygen in the air, the carbon in our DNA, the
series openly draw the battle lines between biblical Chris-
iron in our skyscrapers, the silver in our jewelry—were all
tianity and their own substitute religion of evolution. They
made in stars, billions of years ago. Our planet, our society,
not only wrongly claim that biblical Christianity is anti-
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and we ourselves are stardust.”
science but also claim that evolutionary science satisfies
This statement was made by Neil deGrasse Tyson in the
a spiritual need. Tyson speaks in the series not just about
new Cosmos series. Evolutionists are encouraging teachers
observational science overlaid heavily with his evolutionary
to use this series in public school classrooms. For instance,
claims but also extols the spiritual satisfaction he derives
on the education section of About.com, a writer claiming
from his evolutionary beliefs. For instance, in this same
to be an evolution expert states the following: “The Fox
episode (“Sisters of the Sun”) Tyson says, “Accepting our
television series “Cosmos: A
kinship with all life on earth is
Spacetime Odyssey” hosted
not only solid science; it’s, in
by Neil deGrasse Tyson is an
my view, also a soaring spiritual
excellent way for students at
experience.”
the high school, and even the
Yet even before the series
middle school, level to supple-
premiered, the producers made
“The
government
is
actually
ment their learning on various
its religious position clear by
allowing a religion to be
science topics. With episodes
defining scientific literacy as
that cover almost all of the major
belief in evolution and blam-
imposed on public school
disciplines in science, teachers
ing the exposure of students
students
and
using
our
tax
are able to use these shows along
to creationism for rampant
dollars to do it.”
with their curriculum to make
so-called “scientific illiteracy.”
the topics more accessible and
On March 11, 2014, AiG
even exciting for learners of all
writer/researcher Dr. Elizabeth
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levels.”
Mitchell wrote this at the begin-
Incidentally, Neil deGrasse
ning of a series of reviews on
Tyson is not the first disciple of
this program she did for the
naturalism in recent times to suggest a distinctly religious
Answers in Genesis website: Rebooting the 1980 Carl Sagan
message in stardust. Tyson’s statement echoes one made by
series, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, the new 13-part series
prominent atheist Lawrence Krauss (professor at Arizona
has a similar goal: to encourage science literacy. Executive
State University), author of A Universe from Nothing: Why
producer Seth MacFarlane says, “I think that there is a
There Is Something Rather Than Nothing (2012). Blasphem-
hunger for science and knowing about science and under-
ing the grace of Jesus Christ by casting stardust in the
standing of science that hasn’t really been fed in the past
religious role of both “creator” and “savior,” Krauss said the
two decades. We’ve had a resurgence of creationism and
following during a lecture: “You are all stardust. You couldn’t
intelligent design quote-unquote theory. There’s been a real
be here if stars hadn’t exploded because the elements—the
vacuum when it comes to science education. The nice thing
carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for
about this show is that I think that it does what the original
evolution—weren’t created at the beginning of time. They
‘Cosmos’ did and presents it in such a flashy, entertaining
were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only
way that, as Carl Sagan put it in 1980, even people who have
way they could get into your body is if those stars were kind
no interest in science will watch just because it’s a spectacle.”
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