Attenborough reveals creationist hate mail for not crediting God

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Attenborough reveals creationist hate mail for not crediting God

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/27/david-attenborough-science

"...I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator."

Attenborough went further in his opposition to creationism, saying it was "terrible" when it was taught alongside evolution as an alternative perspective. "It's like saying that two and two equals four, but if you wish to believe it, it could also be five..."