US House Science Committee Member: Evolution Is a Lie From Hell 1113
First time accepted submitter badford writes "Representative Paul Broun (Georgia Republican) said that evolution, embryology and the Big Bang theory are 'lies straight from the pit of hell' meant to convince people that they do not need a savior. It would not be quite as shocking if Broun did not sit on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. What impact could this have on policy? What impact could this have on STEM education not just in Georgia but all over the U.S.?"
Post bigotry here (Score:0, Funny)
Post your anti-religious bigotry in the comments below.
This IS Slashdot... (Score:5, Funny)
It's on the internet. The fundamental enabling technology for the internet is the semiconductor. The semiconductor is a child of quantum mechanics - there is no classical behavior that would predict it. Even though quantum mechanics are present in all chemistry and even vacuum tubes, those both have classical behavior that can be seen with the naked eye, and appreciated without quantum mechanics.
Semiconductors can't. They're "Devil Science", just like those others.
Re:Why... (Score:5, Funny)
is there even a House Committee on Science, Space and Technology?
So there can be an oversight committee, of course.
Re:Post bigotry here (Score:5, Funny)
We certainly need a saviour from people like him
Re:Post bigotry here (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Well... (Score:2, Funny)
Well, this guy doesn't actually say that he don't like them, they consider them evil. That's quite a step from "don't like it, don't care".
Re:electrion year (Score:5, Funny)
It's an election year. ... I suspect he'd wear a pink tutu and sing songs from Little Mermaid if he thought he'd get more votes.
OK, I'm game. I'll pitch in $50 for his re election campaign if he'll do that. Even just the tutu.
Re:we need a litmus test (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Well... (Score:5, Funny)
Must be God's will. Nobody else could be that crazy.
Re:Post bigotry here (Score:5, Funny)
Re:electrion year (Score:4, Funny)
Electrions are particles that always travel in the direction of the majority. That direction might change, but only in an electrion year.
Nobody expects the... (Score:5, Funny)
... republican inquisition!
Re:Post bigotry here (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Post bigotry here (Score:5, Funny)
Science says that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is impossible. (Some stupid argument about the weight of pasta.) Therefore science is wrong. QED.
Re:Where exactly is this Hell-Pit? (Score:4, Funny)
As every Buffy fan knows, it's under a suburb in Southern California.
Re:Post bigotry here (Score:5, Funny)
As for myself, I always figured it was likely a situation much like Iceland / Greenland. Give the more likable of the afterlives an ugly name, and most of the the assholes will do whatever they can to be sent to that other place. So, um...yeah, see ya in hell! *Wink wink.*
Re:This man is an idiot (Score:5, Funny)
Georgians.
Re:This IS Slashdot... (Score:5, Funny)
I know Intel's processors can get hot, but I don't consider them to be the gateway to hell and damnation.
Are you sure? What if an Intel processor is the gateway to using Windows Vista?
Re:This IS Slashdot... (Score:5, Funny)
Are you sure? What if an Intel processor is the gateway to using Windows Vista?
Then we should put it on the list of Schedule I drugs and arrest anyone found in possession of it, and imprison anyone caught distributing it. Sure, some people who use Vista go on to lead productive lives, but for too many... especially children who don't know any better... why, I just can't even bring myself to talk about some of the things prolonged Vista use can cause.
Re:Well... (Score:5, Funny)
Must be God's will. Nobody else could be that crazy.
I think that may be a mistake in the translation. -- God
Re:Post bigotry here (Score:4, Funny)
Standards are well accepted on the Internet...
Tell me sir, what flavors of html and css your browser support? Which versions it supporys correctly? What addations to those standards ithas made for its own use?
Re:we need a litmus test (Score:5, Funny)
In fact I get preached to more by athiests than by any other groups
It's like a friend of mine once told me: "Atheists are very boring. All they talk about is God, God, God..."
Re:Depressing (Score:5, Funny)
It's worse, I'm pretty sure this guy is the chair of the committee.
Maybe we can get Clint Eastwood to have a word with him.
Re:Post bigotry here (Score:4, Funny)
No he doesn't get the economies of scale. He was taught at home.
Re:Post bigotry here (Score:5, Funny)
He's lying. The earth is only 6000 years old. He must have an ulterior pro-science reason for spreading the belief that the earth is 9000 years old.
Re:Why... (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, but that was Muslims, you see. Everyone knows they're ignorant and backward by nature. Completely different from our situation. No comparison at all.
Re:Post bigotry here (Score:5, Funny)
I'm just saying what I was taught 16 years ago.
Re:Post bigotry here (Score:5, Funny)
"Rawr roar rar." Said Jesus, trying to blend in.
"Blessed are the huge scaley monsters, for they shall surely inherit the earth."