Monday, August 29, 2005

Dick and Jane learn Intelligent Design.

In the beginning, there was Intelligent Design. And Intelligent Design said, Let there be Dick. And there was Dick. And darkness was upon the face of Dick. So Intelligent Design said, "Let there be Jane." And Jane said, "Come, Dick, come! Let us be fruitful and multiply! Multiply, Dick, multiply!"

"Yes, Jane," said Dick. "But first, you must bring me a beer." And Intelligent Design said it was good.


My kids received, from their grandfather who is a minister, a similar book which was written for children and featured pictures of children riding dinosaurs and gave a simplistic rendition of the Creationist view that Dinosaurs were saved on Noah's Ark just like all of the other animals. Fortunately my kids were suspicious of this story and I don't believe ever took it seriously.