 Reasons I'm not celebrating Darwin Day. Let's face it, creationist activism is pretty much dead. They've given up and will never have to deal with religious interference in public science education again. There are already so many days commemorating great scientists. I mean, there's already days for famous scientists like St. Valentine, St. Joseph, St. Nicholas, Jesus of Nazareth's birthday, St. Patrick. Then there are the holidays celebrating great discoveries like Palm Sunday, Ash Wednesday, Passover, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Ramadan, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Hanukkah. Everybody already understands evolution. They learned it in school. We don't need a reminder that evolution is a major element in things like medical research, conservation, biology, and the history of the planet. What has Darwin done for us lately? Really. I mean, other than understanding the human genome cancer drugs and heredity testing. Hey, it's been over 150 years since this guy wrote anything. Time to move on, folks. Secular people already have so many international holidays where they can celebrate the things that bring us together. There's Mother's Day? Yeah, Mother's Day. Thanks, Hallmark. It's too close to February 13th, the day that Galileo's trial by the Inquisition began in Rome. Who needs a chance to reflect on the discoveries of a great thinker, a pioneer in the field of biology, whose work made possible much of medical research? Why should I be bothered to remember a life well lived in the process of discovery? What has he done that's so great?