After all everything you need to know about EVERYTHING is contained in book written thousands of years ago by a people who thought that sickness was the result of demon possession, that crops failed because the sacrifice to God was not pleasing enough, and that stars were embedded in an ocean which hung above the earth.
Oh, and good luck getting a job.
Pity the poor religious fundamentalists -- they're just not all that bright.
ReplyDeleteIt is as if some who had heard Aesop's fable of the tortoise and the hare desperately cling to worship of an actual Holy Tortoise and Sacred Hare rather than learning the lesson of 'slow and steady wins the race'.
...And are willing to KILL you if you in any way question or disagree with their bizarrely-twisted-logic misinterpretation.
The first one is somewhat accurate since plate tectonics does cause movement in the earths layers young rock can be below old...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is you can rely on radiometric dating unless it conflicts with church teachings.
They need to add one more---- Don't think for yourself or ask any questions!
"The Bible says that most fossils were buried in one year; the year of the flood." Really? And where is the citation for that? Oh, I forgot, anyone can say "the BIble says" and it's A-OK. Yup, these kids won't be competing with my grandkids for college admission to Michigan or jobs in anything other than whatever Liberty U prepares you for (Congress and preaching to the illiterate is my guess.) At least they admit there are fossils.
ReplyDeleteThen how is it that Liberty and Bob Jones University students actually make a living in the real world?
ReplyDeleteWe once had a guy apply for a job teaching criminal justice in our state university. His entire record was creationist writings and speeches. He was teaching at a church college in Tennessee and I doubt if he was ever able to get a job in a secular school. He didn't try to hide his record--he was proud of it.
ReplyDeleteAre these the same mouth breathers complaining our kids don't score high enough in science compared with the rest of the world?
ReplyDelete"Living is easy with eyes closed" John Lennon
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