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US House Science Committee Member: Evolution Is a Lie From Hell

First time accepted submitter badford writes "Representative Paul Broun (Georgia Republican) said that evolution, embryology and the Big Bang theory are 'lies straight from the pit of hell' meant to convince people that they do not need a savior. It would not be quite as shocking if Broun did not sit on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. What impact could this have on policy? What impact could this have on STEM education not just in Georgia but all over the U.S.?"

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  1. Post bigotry here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Post your anti-religious bigotry in the comments below.

    1. Re:Post bigotry here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      We certainly need a saviour from people like him

    2. Re:Post bigotry here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Shouldn't people stop having imaginary friends when they grow up? Especially imaginary friends with ulterior motives.

    3. Re:Post bigotry here by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 4, Funny

      If he's right and only Protestant Young-Earth Creationist Republicans go to heaven, I'm willing to go to hell of my own accord if it means I'll never have to hear anything from them again.

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    4. Re:Post bigotry here by fredgiblet · · Score: 4, Funny

      I for one welcome our new Canadian overlords

    5. Re:Post bigotry here by fm6 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Science says that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is impossible. (Some stupid argument about the weight of pasta.) Therefore science is wrong. QED.

    6. Re:Post bigotry here by modecx · · Score: 5, Funny

      As for myself, I always figured it was likely a situation much like Iceland / Greenland. Give the more likable of the afterlives an ugly name, and most of the the assholes will do whatever they can to be sent to that other place. So, um...yeah, see ya in hell! *Wink wink.*

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    7. Re:Post bigotry here by wbr1 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Standards are well accepted on the Internet...

      Tell me sir, what flavors of html and css your browser support? Which versions it supporys correctly? What addations to those standards ithas made for its own use?

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    8. Re:Post bigotry here by efitton · · Score: 4, Funny

      No he doesn't get the economies of scale. He was taught at home.

    9. Re:Post bigotry here by Darinbob · · Score: 4, Funny

      He's lying. The earth is only 6000 years old. He must have an ulterior pro-science reason for spreading the belief that the earth is 9000 years old.

    10. Re:Post bigotry here by Darinbob · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm just saying what I was taught 16 years ago.

    11. Re:Post bigotry here by Adriax · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Rawr roar rar." Said Jesus, trying to blend in.
      "Blessed are the huge scaley monsters, for they shall surely inherit the earth."

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  2. This IS Slashdot... by dpilot · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's on the internet. The fundamental enabling technology for the internet is the semiconductor. The semiconductor is a child of quantum mechanics - there is no classical behavior that would predict it. Even though quantum mechanics are present in all chemistry and even vacuum tubes, those both have classical behavior that can be seen with the naked eye, and appreciated without quantum mechanics.

    Semiconductors can't. They're "Devil Science", just like those others.

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    1. Re:This IS Slashdot... by meglon · · Score: 4, Funny

      I know Intel's processors can get hot, but I don't consider them to be the gateway to hell and damnation.

      Are you sure? What if an Intel processor is the gateway to using Windows Vista?

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    2. Re:This IS Slashdot... by girlintraining · · Score: 4, Funny

      Are you sure? What if an Intel processor is the gateway to using Windows Vista?

      Then we should put it on the list of Schedule I drugs and arrest anyone found in possession of it, and imprison anyone caught distributing it. Sure, some people who use Vista go on to lead productive lives, but for too many... especially children who don't know any better... why, I just can't even bring myself to talk about some of the things prolonged Vista use can cause.

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  3. Re:Why... by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Funny

    is there even a House Committee on Science, Space and Technology?

    So there can be an oversight committee, of course.

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  4. Re:Well... by Pecisk · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, this guy doesn't actually say that he don't like them, they consider them evil. That's quite a step from "don't like it, don't care".

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  5. Re:electrion year by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's an election year. ... I suspect he'd wear a pink tutu and sing songs from Little Mermaid if he thought he'd get more votes.

    OK, I'm game. I'll pitch in $50 for his re election campaign if he'll do that. Even just the tutu.

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  6. Re:we need a litmus test by NoiseCounsellor · · Score: 3, Funny

    Even better, let's just lobotomize anyone who disagrees with current academic knowledge, because clearly they are mentally unfit to be part of society. In case two people are disagreeable on a topic where currently there is no scientific consensus simply jail them until one of them can be lobotomized.

  7. Re:Well... by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Must be God's will. Nobody else could be that crazy.

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  8. Re:electrion year by Kohath · · Score: 3, Funny

    Electrions are particles that always travel in the direction of the majority. That direction might change, but only in an electrion year.

  9. Nobody expects the... by Fuzzums · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... republican inquisition!

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  10. Re:Where exactly is this Hell-Pit? by fm6 · · Score: 3, Funny

    As every Buffy fan knows, it's under a suburb in Southern California.

  11. Re:This man is an idiot by jfengel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Georgians.

  12. Re:Well... by girlintraining · · Score: 4, Funny

    Must be God's will. Nobody else could be that crazy.

    I think that may be a mistake in the translation. -- God

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  13. Re:we need a litmus test by alexgieg · · Score: 5, Funny

    In fact I get preached to more by athiests than by any other groups

    It's like a friend of mine once told me: "Atheists are very boring. All they talk about is God, God, God..."

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  14. Re:Depressing by Black+Parrot · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's worse, I'm pretty sure this guy is the chair of the committee.

    Maybe we can get Clint Eastwood to have a word with him.

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  15. Re:Why... by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, but that was Muslims, you see. Everyone knows they're ignorant and backward by nature. Completely different from our situation. No comparison at all.

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