Church Lady Hates Me

Sorry, BlueGal. I am definitely the Evil Twin today. Intelligent Design theory is alarmingly dangerous and worthy of the panty-wringing effort it takes to confront its proponents head-on. Frankly, I’d be less concerned about a movement to introduce straight-up religion classes in our public schools, especially if ALL religions were given equal time and consideration. (Hey, ID proponent, if you want your child to have options to consider, why not Islam?) ID is insidious quackery of the worst kind. It has no place in the science classroom. Rather than inspiring young minds to theorize creatively and seek-out verifiable answers to what cannot yet be explained, ID is a dead-end pile of mushy-headed big words that lead NOWHERE. The-universe-is-really-really-complicated-and-no-one-can-explain-how-it-got-that-way-so-it-must-be-the-result-of-a-superior-intelligence-so-that’s-pretty-much-a-wrap-and-btw-your-jeans-are-really-really-far-out-dude. Isn't our nation dumb-downed enough already? Holy crap, look at our elected leadership! I'm going to cool down now before I go listen to Barbara Ehrenreich and get all steamed again.