... a ham-handed plot to destroy a Christian scientist who published explosive evidence contradicting the evolution theory, a government university in California fired microscopist Mark Armitage from his job. Now, facing a discrimination lawsuit, California State University at Northridge (CSUN) has agreed to pay an almost $400,000 settlement.
The case began when Armitage discovered a massive triceratops horn in Montana
in 2012. Inspecting the find under the microscope at CSUN, the scientist found
something incredible. Along with the fossil, Armitage discovered soft tissue
that had not decayed. In short, Armitage noted that if the fossil was 65
million years old, as secular sources would claim, there is no way the soft
tissue would have survived. As such, Armitage argued that the find was far, far
younger.
The implications would be enormous. “Soft tissue in dinosaur bones destroys
‘deep time,’” Armitage says in a YouTube video about it. “Dinosaur bones cannot
be old if they’re full of soft tissue. Deep time is the linchpin of evolution.
If you don’t have deep time, you don’t have evolution. The whole discussion of
evolution ends if you show that the earth is young. You can just erase
evolution off the whiteboard because of soft tissue in dinosaur bones.”
Armitage eventually published his findings in a study that appeared in February
2013 in the peer-reviewed journal Acta Histochemica, which focuses
on cell and tissue research. And within weeks, instead of rebutting his
findings, the university simply fired the microscopist. “We are not going to
tolerate your religion in this department,” a biology professor reportedly told
Armitage in his office. One colleague of Armitage's described the whole process
as a “witch hunt,” according to news reports.
After losing his job, Armitage filed suit, alleging anti-Christian
discrimination. The university denied the charge and fought it for years,
saying it was simply “reorganizing the department.” But after failing to get
the case tossed out, the institution decided to pay a massive settlement
(without admitting wrongdoing) that could serve as a precedent in future cases
of anti-Christian discrimination by state-funded institutions.
“We are not aware of any other cases where a creationist received a favorable
outcome,” explained attorney Alan Reinach, who represented Armitage as the
executive director of the California non-profit public-interest legal
organization Church State Council. “This was truly a historic case.” Reinach
also said the state would never have paid such a huge sum unless it was very
concerned about losing in court.
Regardless of what one thinks of the evolution debate, firing professors who
make uncomfortable scientific discoveries — rather than trying to rebut or
challenge the findings — should be anathema at tax-funded institutions of
supposed “higher learning.” But in what appears increasingly to be a “post-Christian”
America, it is likely that anyone and everyone challenging the reigning
secular-pagan-globalist-socialist worldview will end up in the crosshairs. Be
prepared.