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September 02, 2005
Intelligent Falling
After Pastafarianism (flying spaghetti monsterism) we now have ‘Intelligent Falling’:
“Things fall not because they are acted upon by some gravitational force, but because a higher intelligence, ‘God’ if you will, is pushing them down,” said Gabriel Burdett, who holds degrees in education, applied Scripture, and physics from Oral Roberts University.
www.theonion.com/content/node/39512
Posted by Simon Holledge at September 2, 2005 06:16 PM
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I'm depressed now. We seem to be getting stupider. Sorry. More stupid.
Posted by: Mark Gamon at September 12, 2005 10:06 AM
Well, it's a joke, but the Kansas State Board of Education isn't. See:
Posted by: Simon Holledge at September 12, 2005 11:25 PM
I'm relieved. I think. Which part of all this is real? Are they serious about intelligent design?
Posted by: Mark Gamon at September 13, 2005 10:25 AM
Absolutely. Intelligent design is just a way of getting round constitutional objections to teaching creationism in American schools. ID is for those who take the bible literally.
Posted by: Simon Holledge at September 13, 2005 02:39 PM