Interesting Article on Creationism
The creationists interviewed in Questioning Darwin—including their abominable doyen, Ken Ham, a wily businessman who is already fundraising off his ill-conceived recent debate with Bill Nye—returned again and again to the same depressing subjects. Death, suffering, pain, sorrow, disease: These, creationists inform us, are what await any skeptic, anyone who questions the word of God. Pastor Joe Coffey neatly sums up their objections to natural selection:
If all we are is a product of this random mutation process, then where does morality come from? Where does hope come from? Where does love come from? Where does anything that makes us a human being really come from?
The answer, to creationists, is simple: There is no love, no humanity, in a world with evolution. Humans must have been designed by God; if we weren’t, then we’re mere animals, lacking in morality and dignity, consigned to a pitiful and pointless life of struggle and dolor. Evolution, one true believer informs us, is “incompatible with biblical Christianity” because it recognizes the permanence of death and leaves no room for a second coming. Creationists are consumed by repressing the existential panic that often attends acceptance of reality. Instead of confronting that terror, they’ve retreated into an elaborate fantasy.
You can read the full article by Mark Joseph Stern here
Feb 11, 2014 @ 14:18:05
This has been all over the Interwerbs like a rash!
Uncle Ken has done more for atheism than he could possibly realise, even though Creationists are considering it a resounding victory.
Even the regular religious nutters are still cringing.
If I were on Bill Nye’s PR team I would be clamoring for a rematch.
“‘Yeah, Bill, but we have this book y’see.”
Lol…a plonker par excellence.
Feb 11, 2014 @ 14:50:31
We lived through an era here in s a where the church = state discouraged intellectual freedom!
Feb 11, 2014 @ 14:53:58
I arrived on the tail end of it…
I still have nightmares when I remember trying to scratch the stars off of Scope Models 😉
Feb 11, 2014 @ 15:10:42
😁
Feb 12, 2014 @ 06:22:42
They all still sound like political parties and the lies keeps coming. 😉
Feb 12, 2014 @ 06:27:29
According to the article 40% of the USA do not believe in evolution and teaches creationism at schools 😡
Feb 26, 2014 @ 08:37:16
Miss your posts Fletch and miss you. What’s happening? 😀 *hugs*
Feb 26, 2014 @ 10:10:10
Thanks Dear. Nothing much.
🙂
I love your new avatar!!!! Great hairstyle. very sexy
Feb 26, 2014 @ 10:19:20
Now you sound like me. hahahaha. No man! Take a photo of your thumb doing exercises and post it or I will put Ark on your case. LOL!
Thanks for the lovely compliment. You’re so sweet. 😀
*hugs*