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Thursday, March 20, 2003

Fuck the war; let's talk about creationism some more: Remember the 365 Days Project? Every Sunday they post Jesus-y stuff. Last Sunday was Robin and Crystal Bernard -- The Monkey Song and The Ecumenical Movement. It says it's from a 1972 LP called "Dr. Jerry Falwell: Feudin' Fussin' and Frettin' (Fret Not)". As far as I can tell, that's Falwell introducing the Bernard sisters, and marveling over the new-fangled voice-recordin' machine. "The Monkey Song" is a great example of creationist argumentation.
I'm no kin to the monkey no, no, no The monkey's no kin to me yeah, yeah, yeah I don't know much about his ancestors But mine didn't swing from a tree
Here we have the popular Proof by Blatant Assertion and the perennial Argument from Rhyming. Both extremely effective. And they admit that they "don't know much about his ancestors". Uh-huh. And "The Ecumenical Movement" is also great, though not about creationism. See, Falwell is such a dedicated bigot that he's anti-anything-that-he-doesn't-happen-to-be-at-the-time, like ecumenism. Also, re: Chris's last creationism-related post: When did NASA start employing "evolutionists"? How long have they been the first and only source to whom to turn for the latest in evolutionary biology? Why does it matter if Jastrow is from NASA or is "famed"?

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