Saturday, October 08, 2005

Having survived an Islamic Fatwa, Salman Rushdie ups the anti by provoking Kansas.

Rushdie told the crowd that religion has much potential to do harm in the world today.

“It’s a pretty bad time for us who don’t believe that superstition should rule the world,” he said.

When asked how rationalism could win the fight against religion, Rushdie said with ridicule, argument and battle.

Rushdie also blasted intelligent design proponents.

“I never had any doubts about evolution theory,” he said. “I gather there are parts of Kansas where the big bang did not take place.”

I saw Rushdie on the Bill Maher show last night and the guy killed! He was smart, articulate, and had no trouble keeping up with Ben Affleck and drama queen Andrew Sullivan. At one point Ben Affleck even suggested that Rushdie could fill in for Bill.

You have to give him credit for one thing, the guy does not run from a fight.

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