The idiot creationists of Florida recently scored what can only be described as an own goal when the board of education agreed to precede the word "evolution" with "the theory of..." in text books.
Both sides are excited about this decision. On one side we have the lesser moronic creationists pointing out that this isn't any different to calling it "evolution" and the evolutionists are happy because now students will be educated on the difference between a scientific theory and a common theory.
One of the tactics used by creationists over the years has been to call evolution "just a theory", Even though we have explained to them what a scientific theory is many times. So now the definition of "scientific theory" will be explained to students and they will see what a powerful too the "theory of evolution" is.
Well done idiots! LOL
Talk about life imitating art! This type of discourse and brazenly faulty logic is a big component of my podcast called Flores Girl: The Children God Forgot. Flores Girl is an adventure novel about the discovery of a living Homo floresiensis tribe and one of the main characters reminds some of the creationist foes that they appear to have no trouble observing Gravity as a theoretical construct.
ReplyDeleteNeedless to say some of the listeners to my podcast were not happy with my take regarding evolution and religion. They are very quick to attack me when given an opportunity or a forum! I have to remind them this is a work of fiction! Frankly, a quick examination of American opinion polls will tell you that the scientific community has done of poor job of educating the public in regards to both science and evolution.
Erik Jon Bertel
www.floresgirl.com