As Dan and Zeke pointed out, if we throw out the evolution, we are throwing out all of biology, almost all of medicine, good part of agriculture - from high-yield crops, to vaccines, to antibiotics, to Angel's painkillers. If this anti-science (or better, anti-reason) madness does not stop, how much untill the next Giordano Bruno?

This thread made me trully depressed...

As for the reason for this well organized assault by Western Talibans, look no further than slogans from '1984'