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"MrPepper11" |
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03 Feb 2005 11:20:26 PM |
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Do male nipples prove evolution? |
February 3, 2005
Inherit the Windbags
By MAUREEN DOWD
Do male nipples prove evolution?
Not at all, according to a Web site for a planned Creation Museum
devoted to showing that the Bible is literally true.
Nipples may be biologically de trop for men, an "expert" on the site
notes, but that doesn't mean they resulted from natural selection. They
could just as well be a decorating feature of the Creator's (like a
hood ornament). Who are we to question His designs, since we cannot
presume to comprehend His mind?
The virtual tour of the museum, to be built in rural Kentucky, says its
exhibits will explain many such mysteries, like the claim that T. rex
lurked around Adam and Eve - "That's the terror that Adam's sin
unleashed!" - and how "Noah and his family survive 371 days alone on an
animal-filled boat" ("a real 'Survivor' story").
The philosophy of the Creation Museum, part of the "Answers in Genesis"
ministry, is summed up this way: "The imprint of the Creator is all
around us. And the Bible's clear - heaven and earth in six 24-hour
days, earth before sun, birds before lizards. Other surprises are just
around the corner. Adam and apes share the same birthday. The first man
walked with dinosaurs and named them all! God's Word is true, or
evolution is true. No millions of years. There's no room for
compromise."
Personally, I've decided to stop evolving. No point, really. Evolution
is so 20th century.
As with Iraq, President Bush has applied his doctrine of pre-emption on
evolution, cutting it off before it can pose a threat to our
well-being.
Ever since he observed during his 2000 campaign that "on the issue of
evolution, the verdict is still out on how God created the earth," Mr.
Bush has been reeling backward as fast as he can toward the Garden of
Eden, which, if creationists are to be believed, was really "Jurassic
Park."
Seeing the powerful role of evangelicals in getting Mr. Bush
re-elected, teachers across the country are quietly ignoring evolution,
even when the subject is in their curriculums.
Many teachers take the hint on evolution even without overt pressure,
Cornelia Dean wrote this week in Science Times: "Teachers themselves
avoid the topic, fearing protests."
On eBay, you can even find replicas of the stickers that a Georgia
county put on science textbooks to warn that evolution is "a theory,
not a fact." Talk about sticker shock.
So much for the Tree of Knowledge. Mr. Bush gives us the Ficus of
Faith.
I knew the president, ***** Cheney and Newt Gingrich wanted to wipe out
the psychedelic "if it feels good do it" post-Vietnam 60's and go back
to the black-and-white 50's - a meaner "Happy Days."
They wanted to yank us back in a time machine to a place before Vietnam
was lost, free love was found, Roe v. Wade was enacted; they could roll
back science to smother stem cells' promise. (Since it was reported
last week that all human embryonic lines approved for federally
financed research are tainted with a foreign molecule from mice, the
administration can't even feign an interest in scientific progress.
Who'd a-thunk that science's great hope would turn out to be Arnold
Schwarzenegger?)
I misunderestimated this ambitious president. His social engineering
schemes in the Middle East and America are breathtakingly brazen.
He doesn't just want to dismantle the 60's. He wants to dismantle the
whole century - from the Scopes trial to Social Security. He can shred
one of the greatest achievements of the New Deal and then go after
other big safety-net Democratic programs, reversing the prevailing
philosophy of many decades that our tax and social welfare systems
should equalize the distribution of wealth, just a little bit. Barry
Goldwater wouldn't have had the brass to take a jackhammer to that
edifice.
The White House seems to think Social Security was corrupt from the
moment it was enacted in 1935. It wants to replace it with private
accounts that will fatten the wallets of stockbrokers and put the
savings of Americans who didn't inherit vast fortunes at risk.
Mr. Bush and his crew not only want to scrap the New Deal. By weakening
environmental and safety protections and trying to flatten the
progressive income tax, they're trying to eradicate not just one
Roosevelt but two, going after the progressive legacy of Theodore.
With their brutal assault on history and their sanctimonious manner,
they give a whole new meaning to Teddy's philosophy of the presidency.
Bully pulpit, indeed.
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| User: "Mr. F. Le Mur" |
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| Title: Re: Do male nipples prove evolution? |
04 Feb 2005 09:11:41 AM |
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On 3 Feb 2005 21:20:26 -0800, "MrPepper11" <MrPepper11@go.com> wrote:
Inherit the Windbags
By MAUREEN DOWD
Do male nipples prove evolution?
Does Maureen Dowd prove that morons can author
syndicated opinion columns?
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| User: "Andre Lieven" |
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| Title: Re: Do male nipples prove evolution? |
04 Feb 2005 09:52:51 AM |
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Mr. F. Le Mur (flemur13013@yahoo.com) writes:
On 3 Feb 2005 21:20:26 -0800, "MrPepper11" <MrPepper11@go.com> wrote:
Inherit the Windbags
By MAUREEN DOWD
Do male nipples prove evolution?
Does Maureen Dowd prove that morons can author
syndicated opinion columns?
Yes.
Andre
--
" I'm a man... But, I can change... If I have to... I guess. "
The Man Prayer, Red Green.
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