# Context is the Enemy of Totalitarianism

**URL:** https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/context-is-the-enemy-of-totalitarianism/4329
**Category:** Side Conversation
**Tags:** Science, Society
**Created:** [February 7, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/context-is-the-enemy-of-totalitarianism/4329 "2019-02-07T16:04:49Z")
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### Author: ![Timothy\_Horton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/timothy_horton/32/9410_2.png) [@Timothy\_Horton](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Timothy_Horton)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/context-is-the-enemy-of-totalitarianism/4329/2 "2019-02-07T16:07:25Z")

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> [@A New Deal for Intelligent Design?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-new-deal-for-intelligent-design/4300/62):
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> The enemy of totalitarianism is context, so most scientists will not allow you to contextualize evolutionary theory within a teleological context, no matter how strong the indication is. That’s just sad.

No field of science allows contextualizing in a theological context. Why single out evolutionary theory?

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