Random rants

[gridlore]

Ripped off from twfarlan
The Random Rant Meme
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[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Oh, boy...

Folks, this is just religion poorly wrapped in what the ID proponants claim is science. But it isn't. Science is based on the scientific method. Creationism starts with an answer and then cherry picks facts to support their view. Another favorite tactic is to twist the meaning of scientific terms like "theory." We have a Theory of Evolution because we aren't sure exactly what all the causes of evolution are, or how some of the processes work. That doesn't mean evolution isn't a fact! Gravity is also a theory, because we have no idea why masses attract each other, or how they do it. Doesn't mean you can step off the Bank of America building and not accelerate downwards at 10m/sec^2.

The further dishonesty of the ID proponants comes when you read what they want taught. It's the Judeo-Christian creation story with the names changed. What if I believe that 2 beings created the universe together? What if I believe that it was a committee of beings? Nope. No room at the table for anyone proposing any language other than that mentioning a single creator.

What really pisses me off about these idiots is the willful ignorance they show. I debate these loons all the time on alt.atheism (which gets significant cross-traffic from talk.origins) and they not only refuse to learn science, they are proud of that ignorance! When confronted by facts, they always turn to personal attacks.

The depths these Christian Taliban agents will go to amazes me. Stealth candidates to take over school boards. They've set up a fake accreditation system to rubber stamp their "research papers" (my favorite is the guy who writes, publishes, and writes his own peer reviews under pen names.. and admits it!) and set up diploma mills so the creationists can claim to have piles of PhDs on their side. (I ordered a PhD from one of them a while back. According to the Creation Research Institute, I have a PhD in Geology. Without writing a single word or attending a single class.)

The ID movement is just one tentacle of an extreme-right wing Christian assault on modern America. We need to mobilize and smack them down whenever they pop up.