1 Boring Old Man

Anti-evolution memo stirs controversy
Thursday, February 15, 2007, 01:37 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Anti-Defamation League is calling on state Rep. Ben Bridges to apologize for a memo distributed under his name that says the teaching of evolution should be banned in public schools because it is a religious deception stemming from an ancient Jewish sect.

Bridges (R-Cleveland) denies having anything to do with the memo. But one of his constituents said he wrote the memo with Bridges’ approval before it was recently distributed to lawmakers in several states, including Texas, California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

“Indisputable evidence — long hidden but now available to everyone — demonstrates conclusively that so-called ‘secular evolution science’ is the Big-Bang 15-billion-year alternate ‘creation scenario’ of the Pharisee Religion,” the memo says. “This scenario is derived concept-for-concept from Rabbinic writings in the mystic ‘holy book’ Kabbala dating back at least two millennia.”

The memo calls on lawmakers to introduce legislation that would end the teaching of evolution in public schools because it is “a deception that is causing incalculable harm to every student and every truth-loving citizen.”

It goes on to reveal that the earth doesn’t rotate. Who knew?

As you can see, there’s a mixed take on Old Hebrew Books here in the South. The whole creation story comes from an Old Hebrew Book, the Torah [A.K.A. The Old Testament]. That one gets taken literally. For example, a passage in Leviticus denouncing homosexuality is the final word on the matter. But when someone connects the Old Hebrew Book, The Kabbala, with Evolution [a real reach!], well  Old Hebrew Books become not so popular.

How can such malarkey go on, you ask? It’s just in the cuture. That was cute until the Religious bigots found a way to get it into the voting booth, and elected our current Administration. I think there’s a passage in the Old Hebrew Book [Old Testament] that does relate directly to this Administration. I just hasn’t been preached enough. I’m referring to "Burning Bush."