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"Boys and girls," Ham said. If a teacher so much as mentions evolution, or the Big Bang, or an era when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, "you put your hand up and you say, 'Excuse me, were you there?' Can you remember that?"
Ummmm.....
With pulpit-thumping passion, Ham insists the Bible be taken literally: God created the universe and all its creatures in six 24-hour days, roughly 6,000 years ago.
He shows his audiences a graphic that places the theory of evolution at the root of all social ills: abortion, divorce, racism, gay marriage, store clerks who say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas."
This is a little disturbing. I think there's a lot more at the "root of all social ills" than theory of evolution (I also differ in my list of social ills but that's not the point)
"Boys and girls," Ham said. If a teacher so much as mentions evolution, or the Big Bang, or an era when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, "you put your hand up and you say, 'Excuse me, were you there?' Can you remember that?"
Ummmm.....
With pulpit-thumping passion, Ham insists the Bible be taken literally: God created the universe and all its creatures in six 24-hour days, roughly 6,000 years ago.
He shows his audiences a graphic that places the theory of evolution at the root of all social ills: abortion, divorce, racism, gay marriage, store clerks who say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas."
This is a little disturbing. I think there's a lot more at the "root of all social ills" than theory of evolution (I also differ in my list of social ills but that's not the point)
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Wow!
Date: 2006-02-13 08:52 pm (UTC)Maybe no one was there for the beginning, but no one we know was there for Jesus' life or the writing of the bible, so by the same logic, they're all fake as well.
As for the bible being taken literally...yeah, right! If we take the bible literally, then we are supporting a book that condones slavery, mysogeny, torture, human/animal sacrifice, adultery, murder, and other abominations. This from the same book as those commandments that denouce such behavior. Fundamentalists are quick to quote the bible when it comes to supporting their own arguments, but you'll rarely hear them acknowledge the parts that are 100% wrong by all human standards today. Has that guy ever worked on the sabbath? If so he should be put to death as per the bible. Does he eat the wrong foods or wear clothes of different fabric types? He might have to be put to death for that too. Wouldn't society be great if we followed that book literally?
And lastly...they denounce racism and divorce? At last check those were things invented by, and used by the church for their own means for a very long time.
*grumble* this is one of the few things today that really peeves me.