The Upper House, with a PP majority, hosted an anti-abortion summit organized by the so-called Political Network for Values, an international coalition of ultra politicians and activists.
During this event in the Senate, controversial statements like those of the former PP minister could be heard. Jaime Mayor Orejawho did not hesitate to affirm that “among scientists, those who defend truth of creation versus history of evolution“.
Words which outraged these professionals, who did not hesitate to react. “Creationism is very far from scientific evidence and closer to beliefs and religions, which are personal truths that They are not based on data“, underlined Eduardo López-Collazo, scientist, nuclear physicist and professor at ldiPAZ.
In fact, Miguel Botella, professor of physical anthropology at the University of Granada, pointed out that, regardless of the person’s degree of religion, “up to three popes have declared that the Church accepts evolution” .
In this way, they clarified that statements such as those of Mayor Oreja, In addition to being false, they represent a danger. “Giving space to these opinions and putting them on the same level as science makes a society less informed and less ignorant,” warns Amanda Sierra, neurobiologist and member of COSCE.
Social media was flooded with messages aimed at Mayor Oreja. History, they insist, can never defeat data. and they will not tire of spreading the message that science is our future.
