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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

[via Plastic bag]

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:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastafarian

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