OPEN LETTER TO THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT RE: INTELLIGENT DESIGN

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

Dear Christian Right,
Just a quick note from all of us who have considered and sometimes believed--or even always believed--over the years that between Darwin and Einstein there still lies room for spirituality, God, and mystery. From all of us who have regarded the laws of physics and biology, the theories of evolution and quantum physics, and the face of reality as we are able to grasp it with our measly old five senses as evidence that cannot rule out divinity, but, perhaps, even reveals it in its glory; from all of us who have found our ways to believing the soul might still exist below the chemistry of the brain, that prayer and kind thoughts might--no, DO--still matter; from all of us who believe that more gigabytes of data, endless maps of DNA sequences, and explanations of String theory won't begin to answer or end this universe's most important philosophical questions; from all of us unable to reduce love to atomic level and render the human being an arbitrary collection of systems; from all of us who embrace mystery and belief, our own God, or the unconscious world; from all of us who know the power of good will and trust in mercy and promise and hope; from all of us who know the classroom is the realm of science, art, and enlightenment and outside of it is place to wrestle with and integrate what you've learned into your own beliefs; from all of us, dear Christian Right, thanks for making us look like fucking idiots.


(ed for dumass spelling)

[teenagebambam]

1. Hear, hear!

[XNASA]

2. S'always good to see 'Dangle the Lounge Donkey' .

I'm guessing by 'us', you mean 'us Americans'?

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

3. or us Donkeys.

[CanOfWhoopAss]

4. The Christian Right and natural selection.

Medical Science Science and genetics are based on Evolution. Given this, when believers of ID become sick or injured instead of going to a medical facility to see a doctor they should be rushed to their place of worship and treated by a religious leader or other person of faith. Better still, don't send ID believers to medical school. They should be required to attend theology schools. Through natural selection the debate will be settled.

In Forensic Science, if a believer of ID is wrongly accused of a crime instead of seeking DNA evidence to prove innocence ask a priest, pastor or bishop to declare innocence or seek divine intervention. This is also applicable for all instances of current DNA use in law enforcement, including rightful conviction of crimes and paternity tests. No need for lengthy investigations and trials when a pastor can decide guilt or innocent based on hundreds of years of critical analysis of Creatio- err... Intelligent Design.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

10. I hear ya, CanOfWhoopAss

[HereSince1628]

5. So why did you send it to US?

I get the feeling there are very few members of the Christian Right logged in here.

You can use this address: http://www.cbn.com/contact/feedback.asp

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

7. I guess that's one of the universe's mysteries for you.

But thanks for the link.;)

[HereSince1628]

8. Not at all, I've got it covered with a secular belief.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

9. ...

:dilemma:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. very well said

sadly, I think those who espouse the rw theology have placed God in a very small box, when God is the box, what's inside the box, and everything outside the box.