Leprechauns

A few thousand years ago, Leprechauns built the Earth in 6 days out of the sheer power of their will. These fuzzy little Irishmen then set about creating all the seas, all the lands, all the animals and all the beer in the world. After this they built mankind, but then out of spite decided to punish mankind throughout its existence because someone ate an apple.

Replace a couple of choice words in there and you have the "science" that is being called to be taught in our countries schools. That's right, no longer is fundie insanity restricted to the redneck south of America, normal people are starting to turn as well. But how have they managed such a deed? Well, unfortunately the religious have a catch-all, 90% effective tactic that sways laymen in their favour: they break the ninth commandment.

Or to those of you whose biblical know-it-all has started to grow moss: they lie.

The trouble is the church doesn't cry outright to ban the teaching of evolution. They cry for both evolution AND creation to be taught in classrooms, making the rational squads cry for evolution only seem a tad discriminate. The church then pounces on this and claims persecution.

That's right! The church that brought you witch burnings and the Spanish Inquisition is now putting on the puppy dog eyes. And people are buying it. They don't understand why creation science can't be taught in science class!

So here it is in nice, simple English. Creationism is not science. Any theory, before it is taught in science classes, first has to go through the rigorous process of constant critique and evaluation in the scientific arena. Evolution, relativity, gravity, osmosis.... all have followed this process, as well as the scientific method:

- Hypothesis
- Repeatable testing
- Conclusions
- Edited hypothesis bases on conclusions.

Creationism jumps straight to conclusion. "Goddidit". It does NOT follow the scientific process and is therefore not science! QE-fucking-D.

And if we are to teach "both sides of the argument", why stop there? Teach alchemy as well as chemistry. Teach phrenology as well as neurology. The difference of course being that alchemy and phrenology were more scientific than creationism!!

Well, that turned into somewhat of a rant. I'll hopefully be back in a day or two with some funny issue or another! You know, when something moderately interesting actually happens. Until then, all of you stuck in the mire of reality, I bid you adieu, I am off to infinite unreality for the week.

....you heard me.

- Fox