Highly insulted by a "Higher" authority

"If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected Him from your city. And don't wonder why He hasn't helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I'm not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that's the case, don't ask for His help, because he might not be there." - Pat Robertson on the ousting of the Dover, PA school board in the last election.

Sometimes I wonder if God is just hiding under a rock somewhere, shaking his head, and wondering why His children seem willing to insult, threaten, and belittle each other in His name. Forget the hubris involved in claiming that your word is God's Word, this is just getting stupid.

If God wanted religious theories thought in schools, we would have lost the Revolutionary War, or the framers of the Constitution would have instituted a national religion, or we would have been struck down when Darwin opened his big mouth. Just because parents are too lazy to insist their children learn religious instruction in church, where, let's face it, the people teaching it would have a little more cred than an art teacher drafted into the science department, or too lazy to teach it to their children themselves, doesn't mean that schools have to pick up the slack. And if little Johnny and Jenny come back home from school crying that teacher is teaching different things than Pastor Paul, feel free to refer them to me.

One of the wisest pieces of educational theory I have EVER heard was mounted on the wall of my high school choir room: "When we study religious music it is not to teach you what you should believe, but what others in the world believe." And if you can't accept what others may believe, and think just because yours is the majority religion you have the right to enforce its teaching in a public arena, than you can go be a good little Nazi somewhere else.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T is not a song, and if you think I should go to hell, than I say, "after you."

And please, don't point out that intelligent Design is a scientific theory unless you're willing to admit that the "Designer" in question could be the little green men from a galaxy far, far, away. You can "prove" one as easily as the other.

And I'm not saying that ID has no place in schools, just not in a science class. If these parents really, really want this taught in public schools- lobby to make it an elective. Comparative Creation Theory 101, or Judeo-Christian traditions in Modern Science. Heck, the latter can include topics on the abortion debate, stem cell research, and assisted suicide. We can teach children to listen and debate topics without resorting to "I'm right, you're wrong and you're going to hell."

The link in the title is to the Washington Post article that sums up Mr. Robertson's latest tirade, and yes, while I don't agree with a thing the man says I do defend his right to say it. It's always nice to be reminded why I believe what I believe, even if I have to be offended in order for that to happen.

The link below is to an interesting article by William Saletan, posted on Slate.com. Mr. Saletan covers a lot of the scientific/religious debate in today's politics.
http://www.slate.com/id/2130282/?nav=tap3