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November 11, 2005
Robertson Fumbles Too
There are approximately 300-500 BILLION galaxies in the Universe that we understand. There are approximately 300-500 BILLION stars in the Milky Way, our galaxy. If we assume that our galaxy is of average size, there are the same number of stars in each of the other galaxies. Stretch your arms out as wide as possible. Let's pretend that represents the age of the Earth. Now take a nail file and lightly scrap once across the nail of your middle finger. You have now eliminated all of human history. Now think about the town of Dover, PA that voted 8 people off the school board that advocated forcing the entire school system to teach "intelligent design" in their science classes. From the AP here:
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson warned residents of a rural Pennsylvania town Thursday that disaster may strike there because they "voted God out of your city" by ousting school board members who favored teaching intelligent design.
All eight Dover, Pa., school board members up for re-election were defeated Tuesday after trying to introduce "intelligent design" - the belief that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by a higher power - as an alternative to the theory of evolution.
"I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected him from your city," Robertson said on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club."
In context of the galaxies, the stars, the age of the earth, the history of humanity and the small town of Dover, PA, does anyone think that God, if there is a God, really cares about 8 people sitting on a school board advocating for a belief system that does not fit the definition of science? It cannot stand up to the scientific method of analysis. And to think that God will punish the entire town of Dover PA because some of its citizens voted off these board members is beyond.....
Posted by Chip Spear at November 11, 2005 11:14 PM