The Buffoon from Banana Land, Strikes Again

This is my attempt to curtail the misinformation, spewed forth by the purveyors of minimalist thinking and stupefying superstition, masquerading as something resembling coherent discourse.


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I left the following comment in an attempt of my own;

As a literary connoisseur of sorts, I am thoroughly nauseated by the way in which this contrivance has been regurgitated upon the reading public. I am likewise disgusted with any unabashed parasite, and company, that would sully such a beautiful work as the "Origin of Species" with what can only be described as an atrocious attempt, resulting in an indigestible goulash of ill-conceived thoughts. Only, for the likes of Ray Comfort, this is by no means the worst. For, not only does this poster child for inanity attach a fifty page diatribe of the typical creationist misconceptions, delusions, and outright lies masquerading as a foreword to Charles Darwin's unassailable work, these repugnant cretins (Ray Comfort, Kirk Cameron, and their publishers) also removed many important sections from the original work in an attempt to hide the very evidence contradicting their claims.

Ray Comfort attempts, in his typical egregious fashion, to disparage Darwin by portraying him and his theory as racist in nature. When in fact, any light perusal of any of Darwin's letters, his, "Voyage of the Beagle" or even an unbiased reading of 'Origins' would give ample evidence of the opposite, he was in fact an overly kind and unassuming "Victorian Gentleman" and loving father. Please, Google Darwin's interaction with the natives of Tierra Del Fuego for an example of his humanitarian character.

It would seem to me that if you want to read "The Origin of Species" search for ISBN-10: 0451529065 with an Introduction by Julian Huxley. If you are a creationist, why would reading interest you? All you need to do is ask a man that believes in talking snakes about science.

I do not see this as anything other than the "Dumbing Down" of America. An actual premeditated crime against the very foundation of this country and her Founding Fathers, Fascism in the making. For a more thorough understanding of where I think this may be going, please read "Kingdom Coming" - The Rise of Christian Nationalism, by Michelle Goldberg.
This country was founded on the very principles of the Enlightenment by men who where known in their time as Giants of those very principles. That means, in my opinion, that like Capitalism, religion is a caveat to our Democracy. That is, we are a Democracy that has a capitalistic economic support structure, not a Capitalist country. Concurrently, we are a Democracy that allows people to believe what they wish, but not to inflict others with this or that flavor of superstition, not to proselytize others into the same or to dominate public policy with the mythologies of bronze age desert goat herders.

But, this is about science; and the teaching of the principles of honest, logical inquiry, the value of evidence based conclusions, and why an unsubstantiated assertion has absolutely no value in intelligent discourse. Intelligent Design is Creationist crap in a different diaper! Creationism, and its public relations misnomer IntelligentDesign, are the deranged delusion of illiterate, uneducated, fearfully superstitious fan boys of bronze age desert goat herders that had no idea where lightening came from or that the inner workings of the human body was identical to that of most mammals. Another point about the book of Genesis that most people seem to forget, and I pledge to never drop, is that literally millions of people have died horrible, public (slow, in front of their own families) torture and death for disavowing that specifically Genesis and generally the Bible was the literal word of god, and as such, should have been deftly accurate about our true genesis. Unfortunately, like the very myths that god(s) generally, Genesis specifically and superstition regularly are created from, its only value is in the telling of the true mental state of our ancestors until the time of Darwin's beautiful thesis was revealed to the Royal Society.

The Letters of Charles Darwin or if you would consider yourself a friend of Charles'. Here is a comment I wrote in February to an online paper in Jacksonville, Florida about one Senator Wise (man! if there were ever a more egregious misnomer!?) who introduced legislation supporting the teaching of Creationist drivel in science classes, because "If you're going to teach evolution, then you have to teach the other side so you can have critical thinking." at: Jacksonville News
In this comment; I am replying to the article in general, but the previous comments as well, so this covers my view of everything from the Wedge Document to "It's just a theory", exclaimed by the ill-informed:
To which I replied;

Please, evolution is a fact. Creationism is nothing more than a scam brought to us by the same people that came up with the "trinity", virgin birth, talking snakes, and a many millennia old myth from a surviving tribe of bronze age desert goat herders.

By the scientific method, the fact that I am a male reaches its highest acclaim at the point of accepted theory. This, of course, needs to be supported by the facts found in a study of my mammalian anatomy, but must be left open to falsification because of the principles of the scientific process, and the rejection of binary thinking. Anyone can take up the study of my anatomy and test the theory that I am a male, and (let me make a quick check) yep! the theory still stands - but the point is - it will always remain a theory supported by facts and testable by any... by my Fianceé. Trust me, you don't want to cross that line.

I would like to add that every bible thumping theologian, self proclaimmed zoological expert, and anatomically ill-informed Sunday school teacher has taken a crack at evolutionary concepts since well before Charles Darwin was even born. Remember, the breeding of wolves into domestic dog breeds has been going on for many, many millennia (some findings suggest ten thousand years). The theory has stood the test. The theory of evolution by natural selection has taken a hammering from every theologically bent psuedo-scientist for 150 years, yet Sen. Wise(? whatever) wants to teach it along side a marketing concept that cannot make it through a serious debate without great embarrassment, again please!

Oh! And don't get me started on Liberty University... it's a joke! Falwell and their pool boy, just wait. If the Taliban were a christian sect, madrassa ... barf; anyway it is easy to see where I am going. Charles Darwin discovered the "by natural selection" thereby showing that evolution was actually taking place in the wild. Also, that creationist canard of "evolution equals chance", ah! Bull! Better Theo-bull!!! But they know better than anybody that they are full of it. Ask any Catholic choir boy.

Think gradual steps, evolution by natural selection is a gradual build up of tested genetic information which makes EVERY living thing a transitional form. You are a transitional form, your father is a transitional form between you and your grandfather, it's that simple. Darwin can be forgiven for not seeing the forest for the trees. He was a very humble man with a Victorian mindset, which is why it took him 20 years to submit his findings.

Some of you need to consider from where you get your information, I would no more ask a preacher about science or knowledge, than Donald Trump about business acumen, or a car salesman, or preacher, about honesty in the work place. Creationism cannot stand up to scientific rigor, so they inflame public ignorance to push book sales and seek inclusion in school curriculum to garner the respectability of an educational institution. These people are con-men and frauds. This can be compared to some guy using make believe on his neighbors children, to get said children to take drugs, or join a cult, or a Nazi youth camp. Or, if this was a familiar TV plot, try our guy taking the kids because he doesn't have the backbone to take on dad, so he uses kidnapping to coerce dad. It was Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, who admitted that control of a child's thinking until he was seven made the child his forever. This is kidnapping by indoctrination. If creationist have a problem with science education, let them have a debate with science educators, Bill Nye would eat Ken Ham's lunch. Should Creationism or ID be taught in schools? No! It should not even be mentioned aloud in polite conversation, or in mixed company. It is an insult to education, intelligence, and critical thinking -- period.

Senator Wise should be ousted, impeached, or at least handed his hat. Besides, education is about the kids and their future. Without a decent education, especially in science, the future of our youth will short, miserable, and forgotten.

Our forefathers, Thomas Jefferson in particular, installed the Wall of Separation -- the First Amendment -- because he knew what religion could do to democratic institutions and great empires. If one has any doubt, read the letters from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams. The Puritans of Mayflower fame did not found this country, they had neither the backbone nor the brains -- but they could burn innocent women for being witches. They, in fact, came here to sustain their religious intolerance because England wouldn't put up with them and Holland enlightened too many of their congregation. The Cavinist, the Baptists and the rest have a similar story. The dumbing down of America via intervention from the religiose in education can only do to the US what the religious right did to the Republican party. Turn them into Nazis.

With this, I will in summary state that Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron otherwise known as the Banana Bunch are a small peace of a bigger picture that has been around since the first "medicine man" and they know what they are and so did our Founding Fathers.