“Here, have a bloated SUV, they say. Sorry about all your dead kids in Iraq”

If you're wondering why we "can't" buy electric cars (especially since 80% of Americans drive 50 miles or less per day), check out this review of an electric sports car.  The title deserves a special award of some sort:  "Lick My Silent Sports Car; How much has Big Auto lied?…

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Special extra-low bar the media provides for converted knuckleheads merits headline for Pat Robertson

Gosh.  If you've publicly shown yourself to be especially prone to dysfunctional cognition and flights of fantasy for many years, you can get yourself a big headline by merely stating the obvious.  Here's the story from Reuters: Conservative Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson said on Thursday the wave of scorching temperatures across…

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“Proof” that Dinosaurs romped in Eden

Dinosaurs did co-exist with Adam and Eve, you see.  How do we know this?  Just read the Bible!

All of this is cheerfully explained by creationist Ken Ham (who describes himeself as a former high school biology teacher) in a lecture entitled “Dinosaurs In the Bible.” Actually, you can catch a whole series of lectures by Ken at Answers in Genesis. 

Here’s some more things Ken taught me.  The earth was created in six 24-hour days.  Why should we believe that?  Because “If we don’t believe in six literal days we open the door to the collapse of Christian morality in our nation.”   Furthermore, the numerous scientific methods of dating (such as carbon dating) are hopelessly inaccurate.

There are many lines of evidence that the radiometric dates are not the objective evidence for an old earth that many claim, and that the world is really only thousands of years old. We don’t have all the answers, but we do have the sure testimony of the Word of God to the true history of the world.

Why must people suffer?  Because we’re sinful, says Ken.  God “loves us” when he inflicts us with horrible diseases like AIDS.

Ever notice those huge sharp teeth of T-rex?  What did T-rex eat?  No, not meat.  Look to the Bible (Gen 1:29-30), not to the teeth, says Ken, and you’ll learn with certainty that T-rex was a plant eater (see “Dinosaurs in the Bible – Part I”).

Ken’s lectures contain plenty of bootstrapping.  …

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The topic of Gibson’s rant not caused by alcohol

I'm guessing that, based on this piece in Slate.com, Christopher Hitchens wasn't impressed with Gibson's apology. There's a lot to dislike about Gibson. He is given to furious tirades against homosexuals of the sort that make one wonder if he has some kind of subliminal or "unaddressed" problem. His vulgar…

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