The cradle of evolution

On Wednesday, the St. Petersburg court rejected the lawsuit of the schoolgirl Maria Shreiber, demanding from the Ministry of Education and Science to prohibit teaching Darwin's theory at school. According to the Echo of Moscow, the plaintiff’s demand for the Ministry of Education and Science brings her written apologies for insulting religious feelings during the study of this theory.

"Guided by the 199th Article of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, the court decided to satisfy the claim by Schreiber Maria Kirillovna and her father Shreiber Kirill Lvovich to the Committee of Education of St. Petersburg and the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation with a demand to prohibit teaching the theory of Charles Darwin, as dominant, as well as bring written apologies to the plaintiff for insulting her religious feelings," the judge said.

The court has yet issued a resolving part of the decision. Schreiber clarified that as soon as she receives a reasonable court decision, he would immediately challenge him in the highest instance.

As the girl’s father Kirill Shreiber said on the air of the radio station, "the divine theory of the origin of man is equal to other theories." According to Schreiber, "from a scientific point of view, the theory of neo-Darwinism has no reason and evidence."

In a statement of claim, the schoolgirl said that the study of Darwin's theory insults her religious feelings, and humiliates her human dignity. "The presentation of the teachings of Darwin as an atheistic leads to an anti -religious perception of the position of a person who believes in God, which leads to inter -religious enmity," the statement said.

In addition, according to Schreiber, the teaching of evolutionary theory violates the law "On Political Parties", since the "anti-religious, atheistic teaching of Darwin" is based on Marxist-Leninist ideological principles, which "indicates the consolidation of Marxist-Leninist ideology."

The position of the Schreiber family was supported by representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church, who were present at the trial.

Meanwhile, promotions of opponents and supporters of Darwin theory were held on Wednesday in St. Petersburg.