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Comment 3 by PERSON
The Americans seem to do this sort of thing better than the Brits, but there is an insidious initiative being targeted at UK schools by Test of Faith:
They have run at least two events at state schools, after hours.
Test of Faith is not a neutral investigation of science and religion, but a Christian proselytising project, linked to the Faraday Institute at Cambridge University, which is, surprise, surprise, funded by the Templeton Foundation.
For example, the Test of Faith documentary trailer says this:
And here, under Titles and Objectives:
It's Christian apologetics, using this bogus new subject of 'science and religion' to co-opt some of the credibility of science to spread its credulity-inspired tentacles.
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