Ever wonder how certain fundamentalists can believe without question every word in an ancient text as being absolutely literal, even to the point of accepting a myth of a seven day creation over all the scientific evidence that has accumulated over the decades that the earth is really billions of years old and that all life has evolved?
Matt (a.k.a. The Pooflinger) has discovered the answer: a new protein known as Credulin!
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The transcript of last night's Anderson Cooper segment is available. My assessment: it was a pro-religion/pro-creationism show that gave undue reverence to nonsense. Tom Foreman, one of the reporters, was a pandering fool. Anderson Cooper was an obliging tool. Most of the interviewees were…
As I hear people debate about evolution and religion, I feel like I'm listening to a political debate between two middle schoolers. One says that you have to vote republican because taxes are bad and the other says no, democrats are right because the republican kid has cooties. No one seems to…
By way of Michael Tomasky, I stumbled across this site hosted by presidential debate moderator Rev. Rick Warren (?!?). Here's what the good reverend has to say about evolution:
What about dinosaurs?
Question: How do they fit in with the idea that God created the world rather than the world…
While I am on vacation, I'm reprinting a number of "Classic Insolence" posts to keep the blog active while I'm gone. (It also has the salutory effect of allowing me to move some of my favorite posts from the old blog over to the new blog, and I'm guessing that quite a few of my readers have…
And you believe that? :-)
(Hmmm. There ought to be an emoticon for a rimshot....)
The Earth was created in 6 days not 7. Anyone who says different is a heretic and should be stoned to death! Get your myth facts straight! Have a nice day. :)