Sorry….

The problem is that when you encounter someone who refuses to learn and accept even the basics on this, there isn’t a single thing you can do. So you just have to give up, really, and put your energy elsewhere.

In an area of sparse population like where I live, you have to remain mum much of the time—that is, if you want to get your driveway plowed in winter or if you want your neighbor to take you to the hospital when you might need it. You just learn to get along, and not judge too much.  Ignorance does indeed seem to be bliss to many people, and sometimes you need to let it go.

Robert Frost said something like, “I’d rather be lost in the woods than found in a church.”  Brave man.

It’s depressing that Palin has made it this far and people still stand behind her. Can’t really add any more than that.

I am not surprised by those who deny evolution, nor their empirical gymnastics in doing so.  Even as a biology major, my fundamentalist upbringing kept me from full understanding—and acceptance—of evolution as a fact of science. for some time.

But still I had no doubts about phenomena such as meiosis, which could be demonstrated with simple tools such as macro photography and trait variation of progeny.

So when I hear that seemingly intelligent people don’t “believe” in meiosis or other basics of science, I am stunned.  Either the education system has deteriorated to a perilous point, or Chrisitan radical/cultists have fashioned effective programming.  Or both.

Yes, clearly we need to stand up and no longer tolerate this crap.

It’s really worth it.

Sure is!  I just posted it in my Google shared items.