Win Ben Stein's Stupidity

Nice review of Expelled, here.

There were many nations, such as Brazil, where Darwinism led to no political ideology. There were some such as Britain which embraced Darwinism but saw a considerable number of their population killed trying to eliminate Nazism. There were other nations, such as the Soviet Union, where Darwinism was seen as so dangerous and subversive to state sponsored dreams of social engineering that those who espoused it were killed or exiled and a complete biological fairy tale, Lysenkoism, put into classrooms and agricultural policy ultimately leading to the deaths of millions from starvation.

Over and over and over.. religious viewpoints leading to millions of dead. It goes on and on and on.

But.. that's not the New and Improved Vastly Superior I'm Not Hateful version of Christianity that we have today.. Oh.. the new flavor is completely different than the old flavor.. they have nothing in common what-so-ever... and there's no reason at all to be angry about all the millions of people killed in the past. The past is the past and it's not like that anymore!

Myers has a story of a science teacher evangelizing in a public school.. who will no doubt be fired.. and who will no doubt claim persecution.

The issue isn't his religion, but his behavior. I love the part of the teacher demonstrating electrical reactions by burning a cross into his student's skin.

As Mysers says;

And the cross thing is just plain bizarre. Burning religious symbols into students' flesh is not a way to teach them about the physics of electricity; what next, will he teach about the chemistry of oxidation reactions by burning heretical students at a stake? Even religious parents in the community are disturbed by this kook:

My mama always said.. crazy is as crazy does.

Lot of crazy fuckers, even in public schools. I'd be very wary if I had a child in public school.. but.. you know.. The fine Christians of Texas don't think I'm human enough to adopt and raise a child... no reason for me to be angry or anything about it... right? John and I could afford every advantage.. private schools.. the very best colleges.. any sort of private instruction.. inheritance of a highly successful business..

but the Christians of Texas think it's better if a child remain uncared for, parentless and left to fend for themselves.

But I'm not angry...