Stupidity, Inc.
22 May 2005 by BobSo there’s another one of those Creationism Theme Parks with the usual fucked-up, dysfunctional fanfare:
To one side, peering through the bushes, are Adam and Eve. The display is not an image of the Cretaceous. It is Paradise.
And then you get the usual cult-glassy-eyed responses from polling in Amerikkka (i.e., the “Intellectual Culture”):
Even as America’s scientists make advances in palaeontology, astronomy and physics that appear to disprove creationism, Gallup surveys have shown that about 45 per cent of Americans believe the Earth was created by God within the past 10,000 years.
Yeah, yeah, whatever. So far, nothing new. But then comes the punch-line:
It is not just creationism either. Last week NBC’s Dateline current affairs programme, equivalent to the BBC’s Newsnight, investigated miracles. It concluded some could be real.
Ummm…excuse me? Huh? Does anyone know anything about this?
23 May 2005, on 12:29 pm
I fear that we are going to see more of this. Whatever sells, right?
23 May 2005, on 2:29 pm
With people who believe this stuff running the country, you can forget about what
passes for the media here looking at these things (not just the idea of
creationism, but tacky establishments like the one in the story) with a
critical eye. The BBC (and other international sources) are the only option
for opinion and coverage free of superstition (or at least that validates
superstition).
Great blog, BTW
23 May 2005, on 7:08 pm
Of course miracles are real! Somebody has blackened lungs one day, and the next day
everything is back to normal. Turns out people were praying to Saint John Paul II
or some other such dead holy person. Therefore - it’s a miracle! The cure had to
have been caused by the prayer. There can’t be any other explanation, can there?
25 May 2005, on 3:33 pm
Re the Dateline on Miracles. See below. Thanks for your site. Catherine
http://www.csicop.org/doubtandabout/paratv/
25 May 2005, on 3:49 pm
Catherine, thanks very much. Excellent link.