What you have in the United States (and elsewhere, but thankfully not to nearly as great a degree .. though Mr Harper supports them here), is a small group of people that believe that Darwin’s ideas turned people away from God. They believe that the theory of evolution creates doubt, causes people to question, and to not give themselves over completely to God.

They feel that this has caused most of the ills in present society ( because everything was perfect back in the 1850’s right? ) and causes those that are “led astray” by such ideas to suffer here and in the hereafter.

But even more to the point, the core of these people, believe that we are all held back from heaven because some of us do not submit to God they way they do. These are “millennial” groups that believe the entire purpose of life is to prepare for the imminent coming of the Messiah (1st or 2nd.) Of course, when He doesn’t come, they need to find a reason, and that reason is people like you and me and our “bad” ideas.

So these core group of people consider it their holy duty to infiltrate school boards, and get rid of “Dawrinism”. If they have to misrepresent themselves, outright lie, and ruin the lives of others … all is forgiven because they are trying to bring heaven to earth.

It bears noting that this is *exactly* the belief of the Taliban: That heaven is attainable here and now if only they can get everyone to display proper faith and submission to God.