It is infinitely frustrating to me that people actually believe this stuff. Apparently the Creation Museum (located in Kentucky... road trip, anyone?) has a diorama showing men and dinosaurs coexisting... in fact, they have a SADDLED TRICERATOPS. I wonder if Cain and Abel had pets?
Religion doesn't bother me, per se. To each his own. I don't do well with sermons, but I'd never tell you to stop going to church. However, when the core of your faith is the outright denial of science, and when you are actively, openly trying to force your religion into classrooms, then we've got a problem.
I looked up an article on "Young-Earth Creationism" on Wikipedia (perhaps because I'm an undergrad writing a research paper). You should read it too. Go on, read it. It's simultaneously terrifying and hilarious - not unlike PeeWee's Playhouse.
There's a link at the end to a fantastic website, Answers in Genesis. Curious about which politicians hoping to be President think that scientific discourse is equivalent to the disproof of evolution? Read about it here. There is an article encouraging parents to raise their children with a "Biblical Worldview", consulting the bible for all major decisions and interpreting it literally. I suppose they skip the part where every teenager ever should be put to death.
Hell, while you're at it, go to bible.com and search for the phrase "put to death". Here, I did it for you. Dylan wasn't kidding when he said "everybody must get stoned" (ooh, that was a bad pun).
Will sent me a link to a video. It is worth watching. Enjoy, my fellow monkeys.
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Kentucky makes me think of my first husband's family. . .
most of them are hardcore Baptists. They believe the Bible, don't get out much, and live simply--many of the older generation were farmers.
My ex once told me the saddest story: His grandparents were coming up from Kentucky to the DC area (where Mike grew up) for a long visit. The family planned a bunch of touristy stuff--one of which was the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum.
Long story short--grandpa went missing at the end of the tour, and when the family backtracked, they found him at the evolution display. He was sitting on a bench in front of the display, head in hands, sobbing.
The thing is, Mike never asked if he was sobbing b/c everything he thought was the Truth was in fact not, or, if he was sobbing b/c of the heresey in which the world was living.
Complete faith scares me.
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