Creationism

I was a bit rushed with my last post yesterday and don't think I fleshed out just how stupid I think the whole bit is. I had to go see my nephew play some basketball so blame him. Anywho...

Suppose that we are in Home Ec. We are making muffins. The teacher, probably fat and wearing a hairnet, writes the recipe for said muffins on the chalkboard for all of us to follow. We will say they are blueberry muffins because blueberry muffins are delicious. In no Home Ec class in the world would the teacher also offer, as an alternative model for muffin making, a miracle. This is because you don't miracle muffins into existence, at least not in Home Ec.

Creationism, or intelligent design, is not science. In order for something to be science, it has to be testable. Until some mouth breather comes up with a way to test creationism or intelligent design, keep it the frak out of science classes. Our kids are dumb enough already.

Special Place In Hell

For parents like this.

Kara Neumann, 11, had grown so weak that she could not walk or speak. Her parents, who believe that God alone has the ability to heal the sick, prayed for her recovery but did not take her to a doctor.

After an aunt from California called the sheriff’s department here, frantically pleading that the sick child be rescued, an ambulance arrived at the Neumann’s rural home on the outskirts of Wausau and rushed Kara to the hospital. She was pronounced dead on arrival.

Digging Up Old Stuff

I've mentioned An Apology From An Arab to many people and never pass the link on to them. You people can stop your complaining now.

Proposition 8

Mormon Church upset when people find out they happen to be bigots.

Proposition 8 opponents estimate that members of the Mormon Church gave
more than $20 million to the effort to pass the measure, though that is
difficult to confirm because records of campaign donations do not include
religious affiliation.

Some have hinted that this was a move by the Mormon Church to pave the way for more cooperation with evangelicals. Michael Otterson, a church spokesman, denies such claims insisting...

"The church couldn't remain silent on a pivotal issue like this."

I know that groups like to argue that gay marriage somehow weakens marriage and that their crusade is somehow about strengthening marriage. I tend to think that spending 20 million on marriage counseling and family planning programs would get them more bang for the buck and then they could keep the fact that they are bigots hidden.