Darwin smiles again

I while back I had a bit of a rant about “Intelligent Design”, which as far as I can see is at best only one out of two of the things its name suggest. As Tom Coasts over at PlasticBag.org comments, the best response to Judge Jones’ (not a pseudonym) 139 page written opinion comes from Pat Robertson.

Now just recall for the sec that Pat is:

a/ a Christian Fundamentalist and TV evangelist
b/ an Intelligent Design supporter and
c/ has been repeatedly quoted as saying that Intelligent Design is NOT religion but good science.

Its this last bit that’s interesting since he has now apoplectically promised that gods wrath will rain down on Dover Pennsylvania for this. Somehow Judge Jones was missed in his wrath, unless of course he lives in Dover which is unclear.

In other recent spewings from Robertson have included

• a call for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
• the assertion that the State Department would be improved if a nuclear bomb were to explode within it, and
• a prediction that Orlando would be hit with a meteor because it allowed a gay pride event to take place.

All up, quite a fun guy.

Religious extremists seem to all work pretty much the same way as far as I can see. The rules seem to be:

1. My invisible white/brown/black/yellow/red man is the sky is better than yours
2. He talks to me only and only I actually GET what he means
3. He doesn’t like anything that I don’t like
4. So either you play the game MY way or its going to go very badly for you
5. Only by doing EXACTLY what I say do you have any chance of forgiveness

Personally I cant see that there is all that much difference between Pat Robertson and the Islamic fundamentalist currently spewing vengeance against the west – apart form the suicide bombers.