Mark Steel: What creationists really hate is....

[n2doc]

... that we emerged by accident

If all species were designed, it was hardly by someone intelligent.
Wednesday, 7 January 2009

Charles Darwin would probably love the fact that the 200th anniversary of his birth is being celebrated with radio shows, documentaries and exhibitions, but he might not have enjoyed the way that furious Christians still despise his theories and try to prove the Bible is more reliable.

For example, the Discovery Institute has announced that: "We want students everywhere to speak out... for the right to debate the evidence against evolution and turn 'Darwin Day' into 'Academic Freedom Day'."

But they're lucky Darwin isn't forced on us the way religion has been, otherwise the national anthem would start: "Our Gracious Queen will be saved or not according to a series of factors that are sod-all to do with God," and once a week school assemblies would start with everyone singing: "All things biological/ All matter sweet or frightening/ Are Godless, real and logical/ See – where's the bleeding lightning?"

The creationists demand that biblical theories are taught alongside Darwin's theories of natural selection, which might sound reasonable except that creationism depends not on evidence but on faith. If all theories are given equal status, teachers could say: "Your essays on the cause of tornadoes were very good. Nathan's piece detailing the impact of warm moist air colliding with cool air, with original sources from the Colorado Weather Bureau, contained some splendid detail. But Samatha's piece that went "Because God is cross" was just as good so you all get a B+."

To improve their standing the anti-Darwin lobby have changed their tactics, so now instead of arguing for creationism they call their theory "intelligent design".

more:

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/mark-steel/mark-steel-what-creationists-really-hate-is-that-we-emerged-by-accident-1229954.html

[Taverner]

1. And why is the entertainment system right next to the septic tank???

[unpossibles]

2. HAHA! one of my favorites

the other being the idea that our food hole and our breathing hole are the same = bad design. Dolphins don't choke on food, do they?

[hunter]

3. It's our talking hole too. That makes no sense.

Didn't God know about Bluetooth or WiFi?

[Lionel Mandrake]

4. Light has to pass through blood vessels in the retina

before it gets to the rods and cones. How stupid is that?