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[rm]

http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=801

I really should stop being surprised.

Basically, if you visit the Grand Canyon and ask how old it is, they won't tell you, because they don't want to offend Creationists.

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[storyjen.livejournal.com]

Hey, don't tar all Christians with the same brush - there are plenty of us who think the Creationists are total nutbars too, BELIEVE me....

[hangedwoman.livejournal.com]

Truly, I normally don't do such slapdash tarring. But I'm talking about majorities here - the majority of Christians in the U.S. (and possibly the world) and the majority of people in the U.S. Not just creationism, but a whole bunch of other nutbar concepts in modern Christianity that have no scriptural basis whatsoever, from the Rapture and the Antichrist to the celibate priesthood. And these people run our government.

Plus, I've had the flu for like ten days now. I need a good rant.

[lllvis.livejournal.com]

I tend to believe that the nutball few manage to have nothing better to do, get their nutball issues in front of the right people because they don't have to worry about silly daliances like jobs or anything, and manage to get themselves listened to and acted upon even though given a headcount they wouldn't come close to any kind of majority. It then becomes misconstrued that those of us who feel we're "normal" in our acceptance of applied scientific measurements to something like the Grand Canyon are in no way blasphemous or heresy. And because so many of these nutballs manage to get some kind of religious background, you have more than willing organizations AND individuals willing to pitch in to them/for them in the misapprehension they are "doing the right thing"...or at least letting someone else do it for them while they're out having jobs or something...

[hangedwoman.livejournal.com]

Do I need to point out all the supporting arguments that our current Federal administration is more than a little bit Rapture Christian Nutball in its policy making in areas from the environment to foreign policy?

However, your icon for the win. :)

[lllvis.livejournal.com]

In a way this only supports my argument! Same nutballs with nothing better to do often also wind up running for office...and unfortunately winning...

;-)