I can't "get my head around" this idea

There is a team of scholars working on secular bible text for schools. How the heck is this possible?

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More on Scopes II

We have been receiving a lot of email lately asking us to consider penis pumps, new flooring, music with 0% interest and one piece of mail from the guy pictured above. His name is Chip Roberts. Chip believes that we are biased against Intelligent Design and that before we mock something, we need to understand that side of the story. We have asked Chip to construct what he believes is the other side we should take into consideration. Look for something from Chip in the next few weeks!

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Intelligent Design on Trial Today

Unfortunately, I couldn't find a comic of lovable drunk Andy Capp explaining Intelligent Design -- don't fret, I am sure that the Garfield catalog has a take or two...They've got to be in the chapters between Lasagna and Mondays.

HARRISBURG, Pa. The latest chapter in the legal debate over teaching evolution in public schools unfolds in Pennsylvania today. The Dover Area School district is defending its policy that ninth-grade students have to hear about "intelligent design" before biology lessons on evolution.

Dover is believed to be the first school system in the nation to require students be exposed to the concept.

Intelligent design holds that Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection cannot fully explain the origin of life or the emergence of highly complex life forms. It implies that life on Earth was the product of an intelligent force.

Critics say intelligent design is merely creationism camouflaged in scientific language, and it does not belong in a science curriculum.

Eight Dover families say the policy violates constitutional separation of church and state.

Dinosaur Adventureland

Dinosaur Adventureland performers "Hank and Stu" during a recent performance.


As you probably predicted, I just couldn't wait to see what Dinosaur Adventureland was all about. I typed in www.dinosauradventureland.com as quickly as I could and boy was I rewarded! With a site that looks like it came right out of a story from the Onion. PT Barnum himself would be stunned by this menagerie nestled in Pensacoloa, FL. Bonus! They are expanding! Yes sir, they are adding what the call "The One Room Schoolhouse." I imagine it is the future for No Children Left Behind.

I took an online tour of this rat's nest and saw a lot of what I expected -- a peacock that looked old enough to have been on Noah's Ark, a lot of colorfully painted dinos -- you know that God himself bought the Krylon. I guess what I didn't expect was to see that college level classes are being "taught" on premises. For $50 you too can get college credit and meet "Dr. Dino." For those of you that are studying at Junior Colleges to get your grades up before transferring to a 4 year school, here is your ticket to transfer to Yale! I can't see how they could reject you after you get an "A" from Dr. Dino!

I haven't "audited" the great Dr.'s courses, but something tells me he would be better suited to teach a course entitled "using God and Bullshit Science to Get Out of The Trailer Park."

Poor Dinny The Dinosaur

Meet Dinny the dinosaur. You kind of start out feeling bad for him just because his name is so pathetic. Wait. it gets worse for Dinny. According to a story in Wyoming's News Source, the Casper Star Tribune, Dinny is the latest pawn in the battle between religious zealots spouting the words "Intelligent Design," the way they should be taking their Prozac. Dinny's new owners, pointing to the Book of Genesis, contend that most dinosaurs arrived on Earth the same day as Adam and Eve, some 6,000 years ago, and later marched two by two onto Noah's Ark. The gift shop at the attraction, called the Cabazon Dinosaurs, sells toy dinosaurs whose labels warn, "Don't swallow it! The fossil record does not support evolution."


My favorite quote in the story comes from Kevin Padian, curator at the University of California Museum of Paleontology in Berkeley, "Dinosaurs lived in the Garden of Eden and Noah's Ark? Give me a break...For them, `The Flintstones' is a documentary."

Tune in next week as I try to learn more about Dinosaur Adventure Land. Its slogan: "Where Dinosaurs and the Bible meet!"

It Bubbles up From Your School Boards

Ever wonder how "concepts" like Intelligent Design get confused with fact and brought into classrooms? It's people like Randy Tomasacci. Randy (his real name, we didn't change it to protect anyone) is a member of the Northwest Area School Board in PA. According to the Times Leader, Tomasacci has been pushing for the introduction of intelligent design into Northwest Area classrooms for months, insisting he wants to "do it right," and avoid bitter disputes that have developed in other districts.

Tomasacci, a former minister with the Assemblies of God Churches in Muncy and Shickshinny, said he believes intelligent design could be taught in science classes, but added he is no expert and it could be better-suited to other classes such as religion or philosophy, particularly if such a move avoids controversy or a lawsuit.

He also said he believes it can be done without provoking legal action or significant cost to the district, but that the risk of a suit shouldn't deter the board from adding it to the curriculum if it decides "it's the right thing to do for the kids."

Definitive bastard isn't he? Well, what do you think the Randmeister does for a living? He and his wife sell whittled Christmas crap online. Don't believe me? Just click here and say "hi" to Mr. and Mrs. Weasel.

It really has to take some doing to fail as a minister. I know the quickest way to get caught as a Priest is to get caught fondling the alter boy's "Holy Spirit." So, he couldn't get into your kid's pants, now he wants to clutter their mind with his fantasies and your living room with his Christmas crap. Thanks Randy!

The Daily Show Takes on Intelligent Design!

According to the Kansas City Star, beginning tonight, the Daily Show will air "Evolution Schmevolution," a nightly segment examining the scientific theory of life's origins and its faith-based challengers.

Some of the features will include:

"The Daily Show" sent its "correspondents" - improvisational comics who imitate with uncanny accuracy the style of TV news reporters - to two hotbeds of the evolution controversy: Dayton, Tenn., where the 1925 Scopes trial was staged; and the Galapagos Islands, where Charles Darwin conducted his research that formed the basis of his 1859 work, The Origin of Species.

"Daily Show" correspondent Ed Helms also will challenge a "helper monkey" in a battle of minds.

Sounds like good viewing to me!