There's been a bit about Intelligent Design bandied about in some diaries. I, for one, think ID is a travesty and nothing more than disguised creationism.
But beyond the seriousness of the issues surrounding Intelligent Design, there's some serious, albiet unintentional, humor if you know where to find it...
(And for those who are offended I took my title and re-wrote it from "Those Wacky Evolutionists" at one of many pro-ID sites I occassionally go to for a laugh.)
For example, in Serbia we have gangs of rogue Darwinian scientists:
Serbia Says "Do Vidjenja" To Darvinu
9/8/2004 Secular news agency Reuters is reporting (based on an article in Serbian paper Glas Javnosti) that "Serbian Education Minister Ljiljana Colic has ordered schools to stop teaching children the theory of evolution [sic] for this year, and to resume teaching it in future only if it shares equal billing with creationism [sic]." We can only assume that they haven't made the move to do away with Evolutionism completely because of the Scriptual softness of the "Orthodox" sect which controls most of the country.
(Those who can read Serbian may wish to check out the Serbian Education Ministry website, which prominently features our Lord and Savior in the masthead. If only the US Department of Education would be so forward looking.)
[UPDATE 9-9-2004] There has been a coup d'etat in the Serbian Education Ministry. Evolutionists -- led by deputy education minister Milan Brdar, who is a member of a radical branch of Fundamentalist Evolutionism that believe Darwin still lives -- have taken control and have sent Ljiljana Colic "away on business," which is a Communist-era euphemism for being sent to a gulag. Details on the situation are still sketchy, but Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica was apparently forced to capitulate to Evolutionist's demands after being threatened by gangs of Secular scientists and members of opposition parties. Please join us in praying for Ms. Colic's safety and for the eventual liberation of Serbia from Darwinian control.
I never thought I'd live to see that! Darwin lives and gangs of rogue Secular scientists running amok in Serbia threatening the Prime Minister and forcing him to teach the grand unification theory of biology...
And gullible...
Arabian Giant Skeleton Update: Hoax Warning And New Developments
8/2/2004 Since posting the previous story regarding the giant human skeletal remains found in Saudi Arabia, I have received a number of e-mails. From what people were saying, it at first appeared that the story might actually be a hoax, as the picture being circulated with it (see the Muslim newspaper article I previously linked to) turned out to have been doctored by a notorious Internet prank organization. I was, of course, skeptical of that photo from the beginning: [Sure you were...--ed] the skeleton depicted in it would have belonged to a man at least 100 feet tall, which is clearly preposterous and not supported by Scripture. (Muslims are, unfortunately, susceptible to this sort of tomfoolery since they rely on the Koran, which contains much incorrect information poorly cribbed from God's true Word: the Bible).
So, he realizes that he's been hoaxed and updated his sight to blame the "internet evolutionist hoaxers" instead of his own gullibility at a preposterous story at a "National Enquirer" level Arab newspaper. But can he keep from getting suckered again? You know, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me... Apparently not...
Then, just this morning, I received an e-mail from a person in the Saudi oil industry who, understandably, wishes to remain nameless. He told me that he was working as a technician (not a geologist) with the team that found the skeleton and corroborated much of the rumors about the incident. The skeleton was indeed of a giant human and there was a police cover up. He then related that, knowing the importance of what he was witnessing, he managed to surreptitiously copy one of the photos taken at the excavation site from a digicam to his laptop just before the police came and took all the cameras. He has recently converted to Christianity, thanks to our mutual missionary friend, and is fearful of the Mutawwa'in, but wants the world to see the truth of what was found in the desert, and so he attached the photo from that fateful day:
What was is part of that PT Barnum quote about fooling? "You can fool some of the people all of the time?"
And, of course, while pretending to be objective scientists to the real world, they just can't help proclaiming how clever they really are about how they're fooling all of us:
Creationism Renaming Competition
11/29/2004 The Institute for Creationist Strategies is holding a Creationism Renaming Competition in order to develop a new name for Creationism that will be used for the next decade. "Intelligent Design," 1995's winner, has served us well in getting proper Biblical perspectives on Origins accepted by a public largely brainwashed into Secular Scientism by decades of Evolutionist propaganda, but like any marketing campaign, changes need to be made every so often to keep the message fresh. The ICS is offering a prize to the congregation of the winning entry. Please see their site for naming guidelines and submission information.
But in the end, this is the topper because it comes from Bizarro Land. After about half a page ranting about X-Men and Transformers, we get to this:
Apple Macintosh:
iMac users Hypnotically encased iMacs trick unsuspecting computer users into accepting Darwinism
However, these propagandists aren't just targeting the young. Take for example Apple Computers, makers of the popular Macintosh line of computers. The real operating system hiding under the newest version of the Macintosh operating system (MacOS X) is called... Darwin! That's right, new Macs are based on Darwinism! While they currently don't advertise this fact to consumers, it is well known among the computer elite, who are mostly Atheists and Pagans. Furthermore, the Darwin OS is released under an "Open Source" license, which is just another name for Communism. They try to hide all of this under a facade of shiny, "lickable" buttons, but the truth has finally come out: Apple Computers promote Godless Darwinism and Communism.
Wow. Apple computers. Hypnotizing Christian Youth into devil worshiping and paganism via the operating system...
If it wasn't that it was so dangerous, it'd be entirely amusing. But it is dangerous. Dangerous in that people responsible for education are frequently biased pro ID or are educationally, if not intellectually, incapable of deconstructing the silly ID arguments.
And, since we're not a backward agrarian society of sharecroppers, but a technologically sophisticated country that relies on science and expertiese to compete in the world, we need real science. We need to be on the cutting edge in science. Not a pack of ignorant zelots with a dysfunctional, theocratic approach to the universe.