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Neural Gourmet Archives | Feed Your BrainAt least that's what Texas state Rep. Warren Chisum and Georgia state Rep. Ben Bridges say. As reported in the Dallas Morning News (via Right Wing Watch):
“Indisputable evidence – long hidden but now available to everyone – demonstrates conclusively that so-called 'secular evolution science' is the Big Bang, 15-billion-year, alternate 'creation scenario' of the Pharisee Religion," writes Mr. Bridges …
Mr. Bridges also supplies a link to a document that describes scientists Carl Sagan and Albert Einstein as "Kabbalists" and laments "Hollywood's unrelenting role in flooding the movie theaters with explicit or implicit endorsement of evolutionism."
Chisum used Texas House time to deliver a memo from the Georgia lawmaker on Tuesday. Bridges is the author of bills in the Georgia legislature designed to undermine the teaching of evolution in Georgia schools. In his memo he refers Texas House members to the website fixedearth.com which offers up Bridges'
anti-evolution bill as a model for other lawmakers to use to stem the tide of the evil 'secular evolution science' which decries everything from the heliocentric solar system to the Big Bang as lies:
The Bible and all real evidence confirms that this is precisely what He did, and indeed:
The Earth is not rotating...nor is it going around the sun. …
Today’s cosmology fulfills an anti-Bible religious plan disguised as "science".
The whole scheme from Copernicanism to Big Bangism is a factless lie. Those lies have planted the Truth-killing virus of evolutionism in every aspect of man’s "knowledge" about the Universe, the Earth, and Himself.
To be fair to Chisum he does say he doesn't totally agree with Bridges' views, but still supports the teaching of creationism alongside evolution in science classes.
Those of you who know me personally and from other sites that I take part in know that I've been increasingly concerned with the incursion of anti-semitism into the dialog on the left. On the left, anti-semitism mostly slips in via two avenues. Many liberals and progressives want to express solidarity with Palestinians and sometimes uncritically read propaganda put out by decidedly unprogressive states such as Iran. Also, there has been a fairly successful far right-wing subversion of the 9-11 Truth movement. Yet as nasty as some of the stuff I've seen on the left has been, one just can not beat religious fundamentalist Southern lawmakers when it comes to advancing ignorant and bigoted causes.
Updated 7:37PM EST: After the Anti-Defamation League demanded an apology over the circulation of Bridges' memo by Chisum and calling it "outrageous anti-Semitic material", Chisum issued a typical non-apology:
"The stuff that causes conflicts between religious beliefs, you know, I'd never be a party to that," Mr. Chisum said. "I'm willing to apologize if I've offended anyone."
Chisum further expressed chagrin and claimed he didn't know he was distributing "that kind of material" and that he hadn't looked at the website. While he still believes creation and evolution should be taught he wished to separate himself from the "goofy stuff" on the web.
So... Just when did The Onion take control of the Texas House?
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It was great to see that Crooks and Liars linked to this post. I think this is an excellent example of why local and state politics matter. It's too easy for the loonies to slip in while we're distracted with national politics.
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