Blinding Them with Science

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So this guy Darwin has a crazy theory that man is decended from apes and people all over the country are up in arms. Over half of Americans (including our President) think this theory is hogwash and are finally taking action! The Times has a story about bands of God-fearing Creationists going to museums and harrassing the workers there about the evolution exhibits.

There is more than one type of creationist..."thinking creationists who want to know answers, and they are willing to listen, even if they go away unconvinced" and "people who for whatever reason are here to bother you, to trap you, to bludgeon you."

Is this the craziest thing you've ever heard? It sounds like something out of West Side Story. (And am I only only one that wants to pick up a caveman's club and "bludgeon" them upside their empty heads?) So to fight back, museums are giving their docents intensive training about the history of evolution and its scientific merits so they have the weapons necessary to fend off these science-hating nutjobs. They have a pamphlet they've written that advises when someone asks "is there lots of evidence against evolution?" to answer, simply, "No." Take that, Bible-thumper!

The American Natural History Museum is planning "the most in-depth exhibition ever" on Darwin and his work that will open on December 8th and they have their volunteers ready for the inevitable confrontation. I'm going to be there and I hope I get to see a Evolutionist bitch-slap a Creationist in front of a giant model of DNA or something. It tells you something about the times we live in when a trip to a museum is a political statement.

So get your butts to the ANHM and strike a blow for science! I'm sure it's going to be a great show. And you can bet it took more than seven days to put together.