Archive for January, 2008

Creationism Is Revolting - Please Wake Up USA

gommo January 31st, 2008

I’ve been reading a few news articles in the past year about the creationist museum in the US. This latest blog post on BadAstronomy though has bought it all back to me.

Here’s the video BA is talking about

Words can’t describe the lunacy of this. I am ashamed that I once was a christian at all. I can’t recall ever believing in a literal 7 day creation though, thanks to my more liberal bringing up and interpretations of the bible. However, to think the most powerful country on earth is filled with crackpots who believe this stuff is just down right scary.

What can be done about this? We need to make people who make claims like this, or attempt to pass laws passing creationism off as science, sit down and understand why they are deluded. To me, it all comes down to a basic misunderstanding of the scientific method and terminology. It’s appalling that a US presidential candidate can pass off evolution as just a theory. (So is our understanding of gravity, light, magnetism etc.. etc.. etc..) Theories are what explain REALITY BITCH!! Theories are testable by your peers! Theories can adapt and change! Theories are falsifiable! Everything in science is based on theories! But you don’t question them when you drive your car, fly in an airplane or use the Internet!

Theories don’t come from dusty books written by primitive societies who hate women and love slaves!

What on earth will save us from these people!!??!!

Huckabee in my bonnet

gommo January 18th, 2008

Ok, I’m getting sick of this! Why can’t religion stay far away from politics and science.

This is what Huckabee says, “The Bible was not written to be amended. The Constitution was,…” and “That’s again the logic of the Civil War - that slavery could be okay in Georgia but not okay in Massachusetts. Obviously we’d today say, ‘Well, that’s nonsense. Slavery is wrong, period..’”

Well mate, let’s check out your ‘un-amendable’ bible shall we?

“Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.”

“And masters, treat your slaves in the same way.”

“Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; ”

“All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered.”

“Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them”

etc.. etc… I could go on. The bible totally condones slavery. Of course, I wouldn’t expect any baptist minister to have ever read the bible. (Sabbath is a Sunday?? Since when?)

Obviously we had to ‘amend’ our morals so we could undo the damage bible bearing crazies have done to the world in regards to slavery. Huckabee’s intentions are nothing more than an attempt to keep holding on to backward views of the world and our universe.

Come on USA! Wake up, get an education and VOTE these lunatics into oblivion. Unfortunatly the democrats have their eye’s shut on things like nuclear power but that can stand up for itself. Scientific truths will always win in the end.

Arrgghh :( Vomit

gommo January 16th, 2008

http://richarddawkins.net/article,2130,n,n

Penn Says

gommo January 14th, 2008

A funny site I stumbled upon from Penn (of Penn & Teller) - http://crackle.com/c/Penn_Says