I don't even...

[jennickels]

I was reading an article on the idiot in West Virginia who is suing the state for teaching evolution when I find this gem in the comments:

In case you can't see, this person says, "One theory from my surgeon in Tualua, Colombia: We arrived here about 3 Billion years ago as few survivors following all-out war Moon-Mars."

Da fuq?

His surgeon said this.

His surgeon.

SURGEON!

He also says this, "There are so many buildings, also in Peru and Bolivia that "we" couldn't possibly have built. Were we really at a higher level technologically in earlier times or ??? How to move a 1,200 ton obelisk ? And so on. Today we can't do it."

Umm...



This was from a UK publication.

And from the comment section of the Facebook post:


"Well, if it was me, I would argue, that you can't teach a theory that has never been proven or observed and goes against scientific law....The Biological law of bio-gensis and the 2nd law of thermodynamics. It's unconstitutional to teach things that aren't true."

"Micro-evolution I will agree has been observed, they can teach that...But, Macro-evolution and teaching that we evolvoed from rock...no, I don't think that's right."

Derp.

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[jennickels.livejournal.com]

What really saddens me is that Americans are proud of their illiteracy. Even my 9yo agrees that, as a group, Americans are stupid. And the stupidity and/or ignorance is found at every level on both sides of the political spectrum. At least ignorance can be corrected--if the people want to learn. It doesn't seem like that's likely, though. People seem to want to stay ignorant. I'm often surprised, dismayed and amused while reading this one group on facebook which is filled mostly with skeptics and atheists who believe in critical thinking (also the occasional fundie preaching crazy--which is always entertaining).

The same people that can easily explain evolution and take apart religious mythology insist that chem trails are real, that 9/11 was an inside job, and that the entire medical/scientific world is conspiring to poison us with vaccines. And they can't even see the irony of their illogical belief in conspiracy theories.

There's also this one atheist nut-job that insists agnostics don't exist and they are in denial about their atheism or belief. No matter how many times people try to explain the difference between agnosticism (which is a declaration of knowledge) and atheism (a declaration of belief), he refuses to see it.