Christianists In Politics

The problem with Christianists is they have to make all the Bronze Age stories and metaphors be facts. Genesis is enough for them to explain the awesome complexity of the universe.

And the problem with America is these people get elected.

"The Earth has been here 6,000 years, long before anybody had environmental laws, and somehow it hasn’t been done away with. We need to get the uranium here in Arizona, so this state can get the money from it," - Arizona state Senator Sylvia Allen (R).

Discover Magazine points out:

"The irony, of course — and there’s always irony when creationism is involved — is that she’s talking about uranium mining, and it’s through the radioactive decay of uranium that we know the Earth is billions of years old."

The modern Republican love affair with creationists and their anti-science bravado is one of the biggest attacks on human intellect in centuries. Ignorance is not bliss, it's a waste of all our times.

Source: Andrew Sullivan