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jrtom ([personal profile] jrtom) wrote2004-12-15 04:24 pm

creation science fair?

http://objective.jesussave.us/creationsciencefair.html

The mind boggles.

Up to this point, I gave the "where am I going to live" question a number of different spins, but I guess I need to start including the "what kind of loons are going to be teaching my kids?" question (as well as the "what kind of loons are on the local and state school boards enforcing curriculum insanities?" question).

For the record, I know that schools run by religious organizations are not all bad; my sisters and I both went to one for high school (in my case, for my freshman year only). In particular, the Catholics and the Jesuits--in my experience, anyway--generally have their educational heads screwed on reasonably well, although I didn't enjoy being required to take a religion class.

Update: fortunately, it seems pretty likely that this is a hoax (if a very detailed one); check out this page from the same site.

It's getting harder to tell the satire sites from the real deals...and the satire stories from the real ones. (As The Onion has been showing us for years.)

[identity profile] lightning-rose.livejournal.com 2004-12-15 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)

ummm...

You do know that sight is a hoax, don't you?

[identity profile] jrtom.livejournal.com 2004-12-15 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
If it is, it's an awfully thorough one. What leads you to conclude that it's a hoax?

[identity profile] lightning-rose.livejournal.com 2004-12-15 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)

It's like an Adventure Game. The clues are all there, it's up to you to put them together.

Here's a few hints, I'll give you more if you need them. (No fair Googling) :)

Johnny Kimbuso
Fisherman's Quandary
The Ruby Matrimony Thong

Find these objects, Grasshopper, and the *truth* shall be yours. :)

[identity profile] lightning-rose.livejournal.com 2004-12-15 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)

Oh, don't feel bad, it took me a while to figure it out the first time I ran across that site. :)

[identity profile] gwyd.livejournal.com 2004-12-15 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I went to Episcopalian School. We did a lot of comparative religion and had an extremely strong science curriculum. I didn't know there were actual grown-ups outside of the lunatic fringe who still belkieved in creationism until I moved West.

[identity profile] hypgnosis.livejournal.com 2004-12-17 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Amusingly enough, the entry in my "friends" log right before yours was talking about this same site, and how it's a hoax. Small world.

The entry was from [livejournal.com profile] mrlogic. Why I am reading his journal is left as an exercise for the reader. :-) :-)