A fine choice for the House Committee for Science, Space, and Technology

[ICantSpellDawg]

Broun is insane. Young earthers are insane. People who believe that science comes from the devil to trick us are insane. I am seriously concerned with the ability of people who think this way to hold office. I hope they eject this man out of office as soon as possible.

I'm not saying that this physician/national level politician/Christian is a stupid man, I'm concerned about his mental health and I hope he gets better soon.

http://www.catholic.com/tracts/creation-and-genesis

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, "[M]any scientific studies . . . have splendidly enriched our knowledge of the age and dimensions of the cosmos, the development of life forms, and the appearance of man. These studies invite us to even greater admiration for the greatness of the Creator" (CCC 283). Still, science has its limits (CCC 284, 2293–4). The following quotations from the Fathers show how widely divergent early Christian views were.

Men like this are the seeds of an American Taliban. Akin spouted 1 verifiably false assertion that caused people to cringe. This guy has separated himself from basic reality. I can defend a gap of knowledge on a specific topic, we all have them - but I can't defend detachment from reality or this man sitting on the science and technology committee.

Here is the full madness

BTW. I am a "Creationist" as it is loosely understood. I believe that we exist, have not always existed and were therefore created in some way. I've always like the watchmaker deistic understanding of creation. The one that uses revealed and discovered scientific theories to explain the mechanism of that creation. I understand that Genesis is a revealed truth, but that; as it is a book with a few pages containing an image of creation that doesn't mean that we were created in a book. It is a nearly infinite process, condensed into a book, it is clearly an abbreviated understanding of the larger idea. As I've said before, creationism is not a scientific concept and does not belong in the science classroom. Science follows a verification schema and anything that fails that test should not be taught as science. It could have a place in an ethics class, or in literature, or in philosophy. I believe that the Bible has a place in everyones life, but the entire idea of classifying knowledge into different categories precludes it from being part of scientific curriculum.


Either way, I am not surprised that some people "think" in this way, unfortunately. Southern Baptists have been an excellent source of votes for my causes and many of them have been very kind to me, but at some point the mongoose that you enlist to kill the snakes become a more potent and intractable pest. Boot the guy from office and put almost anyone else in there.