HOW TO SPOT A CREATIONIST (HINT: HE’S THE ONE RIDING A DINOSAUR ON AN ARK)

[defrog]

ITEM: As Creationists keep losing court battles over attempts to have “intelligent design” (basically the Book Of Genesis dressed up in scientific clothing) taught as science in federally funded schools, they have been working to evolve upgrade their strategy to make ID sound even like science than it really is.

New Scientist’s book editor gets these kind of books on a regular basis, and she is having none of it. So, here’s a helpful list of tips to help you know when a science book has been written by a Creationist trying to pass themselves off as a scientist.

Sample:

Religiously motivated authors also have a bad habit of linking the cultural implications of a theory to the truth-value of that theory. The ID crowd, for instance, loves to draw a line from Darwin to the Holocaust, as they did in the "documentary" film Expelled: No intelligence allowed. Even if such an absurd link were justified, it would have zero relevance to the question of whether or not the theory of evolution is correct.

Which is probably irrelevant to most of you, but it does give me an excuse to post this great Bible coloring book picture:



PRODUCTION NOTE: I’m fairly sure that’s not from an actual Creationist coloring book. I think it’s a mock-up. Anyway, I love the image of Smiling Jesus riding a velociraptor.

Ride boldly ride,

This is dF

Comments

[thelastaerie.livejournal.com]

I am amazed that Jesus was using leash and all the gear to ride the dinosaur, apparently, it was an acceptable form of transportation in Jesus times.

[def-fr0g-42.livejournal.com]

That's the thing about velociraptors: moves like a fish, steers like a cow.

[jreynolds.livejournal.com]

The Jesus I pray to only rides 'raptors when the Tyrannosaurus Rex isn't available. Because that's how my Jesus rolls.
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My Jesus also once pile driver'd Satan so hard it created the Grand Canyon. And he walks on water using sharks for shoes.
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That's my Jesus.

[wickedsin.livejournal.com]

I'll give you an AMEN to that!