Here’s a young man who gets it…
…what ’school of thought’ is being advanced by the Intelligent Design
hypothesis?–one whose only defense seems to be that it is incapable of
scientific testing, and thus impregnable. To me, the concept of
intelligent Design is muddy, nebulous and bankrupt, a fence-straddling
pseudo-theory that provides a convenient alternative to those who want
to pull their toes out of the icy waters of the evolution-creationism
debate. Essentially, ID attempts to bridge creationism and evolution by
attempting to prove neither. To most rational people, this should make
the ‘debate’ seem altogether irrelevant.
Something else that’s been on my mind about this whole "Intelligent Design" thing… it’s not as pro-god as it is anti-sex. The great engine of evolution over the last billion years has been the emergence and avid practice of sexual reproduction. And we KNOW what the christian right thinks about sex, joyous sex, wet and hard and hot and passionate, slippery sex. Okay, in case you don’t know, they basically don’t like it. And tying sex to survivbal characteristics they like even less. One look at Rove, Cheney, or Rumsfeld should tell you why they don’t like the evolutionary aspect of sex. Survival of the fittest? Let’s just say that the pairing of Lynn and Chuck … what is Cheney’s first name? He looks like a Chuck. Anyway, the Cheney pairing is noty the stuff of evolutionary dreams. Breeding? Not really. It’s more a thing of sow bellies and pork futures.
If this be ad hominem, make the most of it!
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“And we KNOW what the christian right thinks about sex, joyous sex, wet and hard and hot and passionate, slippery sex. ”
This lies at the core of so much of *not only* abhorrence of evolution - but also intolerance about gays and lesbians. For if one is to imagine different orientations one simply *must* think about sex! And as you say, Frank, “we KNOW what …”
and on sunday morning the church bells ring
Bring your money, breed more catholics!
Sex is inherently evil, being an activity not requiring third party confirmation, bringing pleasure and intimacy without a guy in a cassock at the foot of the bed, intoning…
“Thou Shalt Not Thrust For Pleasure”
Survival of the fittest? I thought it was survival of the fattest.