Ignorance is Bliss

Watch as Rusty Carter and Billy Jack (?) lead a group of home-schooled Christian children on a tour of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Watch as they feed the children lines and get them to parrot their insular world view. Watch as they state that evolution is itself a religion. That's the IDer's latest trick that they've pulled out of their sleeves, claiming that Evolution is a form of religion and that by teaching evolution in schools the government is injecting religion into the public school systems. The whole idea might be laughable if it weren't so sad. These are bright and inquisitive children whose intellect is being stifled by a religion that is by definition narrow minded.





This news piece reminds me of the film Jesus Camp and the sadness I felt watching those kids having their bright burgeoning minds blunted by the ridiculous notions of adult Christians. I agree with Richard Dawkins when he says that one of the biggest problems with religion is its abuse of children through indoctrination and mind control.

It was Martin Luther who said: “Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but - more frequently than not - struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God”