Saturday, March 27, 2010




Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. Frank Zappa.

If you need proof, get thee to The Creation Museum, in Petersburg, Kentucky, USA. There the ratio of stupidity to hydrogen is so high that comparatively the mass of hydrogen is virtually zero.

Now, don't be so foolish as to think this museum is all about Creationism. No, no, no. This museum is all about objective analysis, science, and cold, hard reasoning, i.e. Creation Science, aka Intelligent Design. Physics, in its various forms, is often considered the most difficult of the sciences, but the difficulty of understanding Physics is far outweighed by the resolve and dedication required to become a Creation Scientist. See, Creation Science doesn't rest on the wobbly foundation of objectivity and scientific method. No, Creation Science is governed by a much more rigorous set of tenets:
  1. If you don't understand something, then that something must be guided by the hand of your preferred god(s). Evolution, the origins of the Universe, quantum mechanics, and the disquieting appearance of New Zealanders are all explained by this.
  2. If non-Creation Science--physics, cosmology, biology, chemistry, and the like--can't explain something or find an answer for why something is the way it is, that proves that the Universe and life were Yahweh sponsored and managed projects. For instance, traditional science has been unable to explain how and why Hipsters and skinny jeans came into existence. Obviously, this happened because it was in the Supreme Being's blueprints.
  3. Creation Science is the only true science as it's the only science that can be taught in Sunday school.
  4. To be a credible science, said science has to be approved by the Texas Board of Education.
  5. Evidence is only empirical if it can be vetted by passages from the Bible.
It's only intensely disturbing that there are not so small numbers of people that buy into this stuff. How strong can a person's faith be if they feel their faith is being threatened by a bit of information obtained from the use of scientific method and a bit of elbow grease? Isn't it just a wee bit scary to rely on school boards to define what is scientific and what isn't? How in the world did Isaac Newton manage to get his science past his local school board?

Why does faith suddenly need a made-up science to justify itself? I thought that faith, by its definition, needed no proof whatsoever. Silly me.

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