Plate Tectonics

OK, so Mexico seems to be ground zero for the new and improved swine flu. And yesterday a couple of people were killed by an earthquake. Their air quality is atrocious. Poverty is endemic. And the drug cartels are busy killing each other and kidnapping anyone who has more than a few pesos in the bank.

I thought Mexico was a very religious country? Why does God punish them so?

Jim Downey

You'd think that God would have a better sense of workmanship. Guy's so sloppy, he left a big chunk of the crust missing, exposing the mantle:

Scientists have discovered a large area thousands of square kilometres in extent in the middle of the Atlantic where the Earth’s crust appears to be missing. Instead, the mantle - the deep interior of the Earth, normally covered by crust many kilometres thick - is exposed on the seafloor, 3000m below the surface.

But I'm sure the religious will explain how it was all part of "His Plan". They make excuses for shoddy work by this clown all the time.

Jim Downey

Update: I have discovered a couple more gems from Specialist & "Director Of Equipping", Lane Palmer, Super-Duper Evolution Fighter. The first is another rant against reality evolution called "From the Goo to the Zoo to You!" that simply must be read to be believed, and the second is "My Difficult Friend" which is a guide on how to witness to atheists, agnostics, and "evolutionists". Heh.

Christian Post columnist Lane Palmer is a "Youth Ministries Specialist" and the "Director Of Equipping" for Dare 2 Share Ministries in Arvada, Colorado, where he works with youth leaders and students, equipping them to be effective in sharing the gospel.

Hmnn. I don't see anything about him being a biologist, or holding any sort of scientific credentials... So, I am a little confused as to how he can make a statement like this in regards to the evolution/ID conflict.

[link] It seems to me that that the real issue here is less about the weight of evidence, and more about the weight of the implications. [...]

For example, if it is a core belief of mine that I exist because of a series of fortuitous desultory accidents (i.e. from the goo to the zoo to you and me too!), then I have set myself up for a serious identity crisis! In this scenario, on what exactly am I to base my value and worth? What kind of feeling does it give me knowing that if I go far enough back in my ancestral chain, I find a relative who was at the bottom of the food chain?

No, sorry, Lane old pal, it is not about the implications at all. It is all about the evidence. You see, evolution doesn't care about the implications. It just happens, regardless. Evolution - and indeed science in general - is wholly impersonal. It doesn't give a whit for your feelings, your emotions, your confusion, your religion, or your sincerely-held beliefs and desires.

It rolls on, heedless.