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A post by Maynard

I don't know whether I'm going to like "Expelled", which opens in theaters this Friday. But Hollywood and the mainstream media have been doing their darndest to immerse us in a cauldron of political correctness. Being a disagreeable creature, I thirst for anything that promises to be contrary.

What is "Expelled" about? The press clips indicate it focuses on the conflict between evolutionists and creationists in the academy. I hope there's more to it than that, because that is a battle I would rather not linger on. We're here by the will of God, but is it unthinkable that He might have used an evolutionary process to do the job? Why must the pursuit of this question become prickly? In a nutshell, science tells us how and religion tells us why. These two outlooks should work together (like body and soul) to seek a uniform vision.

The clash of evolution versus intelligent design has become a proxy war as our culture wrestles with issues of atheism versus theism. Radical secularists attempt to misrepresent the Establishment Clause as a call for state-mandated atheism; an aggressively wrong-headed agenda that I vigorously oppose. I'm on board for the war, but the enemy is the repressive political ideology. Is it really necessary that we scrap with the evolutionists?

I view intelligent design ("ID") as a discipline that is more philosophical than scientific. And it's certainly appropriate that the hard sciences be cross-pollinated with philosophical questions; that's what we're doing when, for example, we expect a medical doctor to also learn medical ethics. ID, like ethics, raises hard questions and important challenges. But I can't see it as a science in the sense that biology is. (I know some people put forth a rigorous technical argument in favor of ID, and I'm not dismissing that position; however that's a long discussion in itself, which I'll skip for the sake of brevity.)

Of course, it must be remembered that evolution is also something of a theory. That's why they call is the theory of evolution. Duh!

Back in the bad old days, Galileo offended the dogma of the Church when he advanced his theory of heliocentrism. He was forced to recant this heresy, and spent his latter years under house arrest on orders of the Inquisition. We tell ourselves we've passed beyond the era of dogma into an enlightened age. But these days, the guardians of the One True Church of Political Correctness are equally aggressive in defending their canon. Recently Nobel laureate James Watson was forced into retirement when his observations gave offence to the Anointed Ones.

(As the song goes: "Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss." But let's move along.)

Anyway, with respect to the academic community, I lament to note that mine is apparently a minority opinion. This study indicates that only 7% of scientists believe in a personal God, as opposed to 72% that disbelieve — in sharp contrast to the general public, where a large majority accept God. Other studies suggest that the more educated an individual is, the more likely that person is to be an atheist.

For the record, I (Maynard) have a degree from Starfleet Academy, and in fact my faith was nurtured as it became clear that our most essential questions could not be answered by materialistic inquiry. I love science and I am grateful to the students of the material arts, to whom we all owe a great deal. But it's Man's vanity, rather than objective facts, that tempts us to think we can get by without God.

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Harvard Implements Apartheid

Gender segregation, like the burka, do one thing: reinforce the notion that women are objects to be controlled.

For women, as Harvard bows to Islamist Stone Age misogynist theory. Perhaps Gloria Steinem can find some room in her schedule to condemn this once she's done campaigning for Hillary Clinton. Who, of course, also hasn't said a damn thing about this. But then again, neither has the Black Elite, including the Obamas. Michelle Obama, who feels compelled to regularly remind us of her Blackness, and her husband know very well the obscene oppression segregation represents, especially if it's implemented under the guise of "religion" or "culture." After all, the South African regime argued their racial apartheid was cultural and no one else's business. Nations rejected that argument, but then again the world's Islamist Elite have a hell of a lot more money to spread around, don't they? And people wonder why Hillary continues to delay the release of her tax returns. Perhaps it's because the Clintons have become enriched, in part, due to financial relationships with Arab Islamists.

They're all disgusting hypocrites which explains so much silence over this outrage.

Harvard Sets Women-Only Hours for Gym, Complying With Muslim Students' Request

In response to a request by female Muslim students, Harvard University has created women-only workout hours at one of its campus gyms. The decision has angered some students at the Ivy League university.

Since Jan. 28, the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center has been open only to women from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays.

The change was prompted by a request from the Harvard College Women's Center, which was approached by six female Muslim students, said Robert Mitchell, communications director of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. "It was done for religious purposes, but it's not closed to other women who may want to participate," he said...

Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, in Washington D.C., said modesty may prevent some Muslim women from exercising in a co-ed environment.

"If the women are dressed in a manner that makes it more comfortable to exercise, they may not feel it’s appropriate for them to be viewed by men in that particular attire," he said..."This is just yet another of what we thought was a reasonable request for some special times because of religion, not because of gender," Mitchell said.

Oh, sure Just like South Africa's Apartheid was due to culture and not race.

Harvard excuses the defacto segregation of women by saying the women want it that way. Let's hope the alumni recognize the horror of this precedent and demand its reversal. As for the few Muslim women at Harvard who demanded the civilized world adapt to the misogyny they have accepted in their lives, they can join one of the many "women only" gyms out there.

Look, lots of women out there accept abuse because they've been convinced they deserve it, or because they've been told God wants it that way. A long time ago society rejected the notion that we collectively should accept domestic violence because the victim stayed with her abuser, and therefore must 'want it.' We chose to not be a party to that misogyny. Now, when oppression and abuse of women are wrapped in religion (which historically is very often the case), we are to facilitate it? I think not.

Posted by Tammy · March 2, 2008 09:28 PM · Permalink · Comments (15)
Academy | Leftists | Misogyny | Politics | War on Radical Islam

LGF: Columbia Invited Hitler, Too

Ha! Apparently Columbia has always had a thing for small, murderous men.

Kudos to the Lizards.

Posted by Tammy · September 21, 2007 03:18 PM · Permalink · Comments (3)
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