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

Posted by timothy on from the hey-at-least-it's-an-ethos dept.

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

    We certainly need a saviour from people like him

  4. 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.

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

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

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  6. 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.

  7. 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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  8. 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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