This guy may have a good point ...
Let's create the religion of Freedom based on the trinity :
- Freedom of Speech
- Freedom of Thought
- Freedom of Identity
In this time of economic decline, a job in the church of
Freedom (paid for by the state as a major religion is)
might be a good choice.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
on the origin of ...
On the celebration of the fact that Darwin was born 200 years ago and that On the origin of Species was published 150 years ago, one of our radio stations had an interview with a young-earth creationist. Now, for one I fail to see how you actually celebrate Darwin's insights with such an interview, on top of that the man was a - probably highly-paid - chemistry scientist for a government-run laboratory.
And that I fail to understand completely. I haven't had a university education. But what I remember from basic chemistry in secondary school and some basic interest in the subject, is that the decay of radioactivity in chemical elements is used to measure time. These decay rates are measurable today and are not under discussion.
So there's a couple of questions that come to mind :
How can he function in his job ? Are we talking about a schizophrenic here ? How does he reconcile these views ? Does the government require it's employees to undergo a frontal lobotomy before putting them to work ?
And that I fail to understand completely. I haven't had a university education. But what I remember from basic chemistry in secondary school and some basic interest in the subject, is that the decay of radioactivity in chemical elements is used to measure time. These decay rates are measurable today and are not under discussion.
So there's a couple of questions that come to mind :
How can he function in his job ? Are we talking about a schizophrenic here ? How does he reconcile these views ? Does the government require it's employees to undergo a frontal lobotomy before putting them to work ?
