I am
sometimes stupefied when I encounter the ignorance and plain idiocy that comes
out of many people’s mouths. For example: did you know that “global warming” is
a hoax? Yep, we have proof. Two winters ago it snowed in Houston. If that’s not enough for you, try
this: a couple of years ago emails were intercepted in which climate scientists
were discussing “manipulating data.” The smoking gun! Sarah Palin added that
the trouble with scientists is that they don’t look at the “big” picture; she,
on the other hand, has gone back 20-30 years and discovered that all this
“warming” stuff is part of a natural cycle.
What can
you say to people who hold such beliefs? Go back to kindergarten, start over,
and this time pay attention?
It’s really
odd that scientists who can describe the earth’s weather as it was four million
years ago missed Sarah Palin’s 20-30 year cycle. More so, “manipulating data”
means one thing to Fox commentators and quite another thing to scientists.
According to the Fox interpretation “manipulating data” can mean only that
scientists are actually making up data and throwing out stuff that doesn’t
conform to their theories. When scientists talk about “manipulating data” they
are talking about applying different formulas, algorithms, or equations to help
them understand the data.
If it has
never snowed in Houston
before, but it did two winters ago, then this is one more tiny indication that
the earth’s weather patterns are changing. This weekend it snowed in places in
the North-Eastern USA for the first time on this date since weather records
were kept. What does that “prove?” As the polar ice caps melt it is bound to
have an effect on weather world-wide. I am so glad that it is all a hoax. I’m
sure that the polar bears who can’t find any ice floes to rest on must feel the
same way.
Now here’s another
thing that galls me.
Did you
know that evolution is another scientific hoax and that there are better, more
common-sense, explanations for dinosaur skeletons and fossils of sea creatures
on mountain tops? One is that a big guy with a beard snapped his fingers and
all this appeared. Poof! And the fossils are his way of testing our faith in
him(???) Another is that: yes, life forms have changed on our planet over the
years, but the process has been guided by another big guy (not specified
whether this guy is bearded or not).
In doing a
bit of research for this essay, I stumbled across a web site: http://conservapedia.com/Evolution.
It is a fascinating—and frightening—read. Here’s a quote: In addition to the
evolutionary position lacking evidential support and being counterevidential,
the great intellectuals in history such as Archimedes, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Francis
Bacon, Isaac Newton, and Lord Kelvin did not propose an evolutionary process
for a species to transform into a more complex version. Now if those guys
didn’t come up with the theory of evolution it must be fraudulent, right? I
mean, who are you to argue with Aristotle?
Further, this web-page quotes many, many “experts” who question the validity of evolution. Aren’t
quotations in themselves enough proof?
But the main problem with evolution is that its adherents are atheists
and a court of law in the USA
once held that “atheism” is a religion. A “religion” cannot be taught in public
schools and, as the core belief of atheists includes “materialistic theories of
origin,” evolution cannot be taught in public schools either. The coup de
grace: Evolutionary
theory played a prominent role in regards to atheistic communism. (I have
never understood why right-wing writers use the phrase “in regards to” so
frequently.) So, not only is evolution a religious tenet, but it’s un-American to boot.
Frankly, I don’t understand why anti-evolutionists don’t
look through their church windows and take a hard look at the world outside. One
of the most noticeable and dominant features of “nature” is change. Everything
changes. Ever see a landslide or a flood? How about a
volcano? That’s evolution. Ever hear of dog-cat-cattle-horse, etc., etc. breeders?
That is evolution. Ever hear of a disease becoming antibiotic resistant? That’s
evolution. Ever notice that most people have stopped relying on horses for transportation?
That’s evolution. The idea that living organisms adapt to their surroundings and
pass their survival techniques onto their descendants…I mean, isn’t that
something that we all do every day? I can only guess that they have never
driven through the country-side and seen rock-cuts through which the highway
winds. All those apparent different layers, some at odd angles to the others. You
really think that the guy who created everything (like some 200 billion
galaxies with about 200 billion stars each) had time to worry about rock
stratification? I suppose that they have
an explanation for the Grand Canyon popping
out of nowhere.
The world and the universe is one wonderful miracle. The
fact that it was created by and is governed by simple laws that even older
children ought to be able to understand makes it even more wonderful. Why on
earth would anyone want to take away from that splendor by inventing fairy
tales about it? It is all so much bigger and grander and more stupefying than
the wildest imaginations of those with eyes closed tight.
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