As dangerous as an allegory on the banks of the Nile
Yesterday this from the NY Times about the Biblical literalists’ invasion of natural history museums and how they are accosting and interrupting guides while they are explaining the scientific view of how we got here.
The article explains how members of B.C. groups (B.C. stands for Biblically Correct, which has to be one of the greatest oxymorons of all times,) have started showing up at museums to challenge Darwin, Newton, or anyone else who ever had a coherent thought.
But, they have their backers. According to recent polls, 54 percent of Americans do not believe in evolution. I suggested earlier that those who don’t believe in evolution shouldn’t get to partake in the benefits science has provided us. If you don’t believe in survival of the fittest, you shouldn’t get the benefits our evolved brains’ study of viral and bacterial evolution have provided us, e.g. vaccines.
Now some thought that was too harsh, so I’m going to suggest another tactic. Let’s form groups called FART (Fundamentalists Are Really Thick) and start going to churches and challenging their ministers to debates on whether their beliefs aren’t prima facie evidence that they are closely related to chimpanzees who can be trained to do tricks on command–such as pulling the Republican voting lever and getting a banana.
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