A Creationist Love Song

With apologies to Sam Cooke, Lou Adler and Herb Alpert.

Don't know squat about history.
Don't know any biology.
Don't remember any science I took.
In fact I only ever need one Book.

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What Use Is Half A Wing…?

Half a wing? That's easy!

Instead I give you Chrysopelea, the flying snake. As bare-minimum wings go, this has to be about as minimum as minimum gets. These creatures don't have wings, wing-like protrusions or even, for obvious reasons, flaps of skin between limbs and body. Nope, they just have the ability to flatten their bodies out into a frisbee-like cross-section.

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On The Creationist Obsession With The Two-Horse Race

You could falsify the big bang,
You could prove past the slightest shadow of doubt
That evolution never occurs—
Drop Darwin and Einstein down the spout.
I'd laud you for your achievement.
I'd thank you for exposing those bad ideas,
But unless you provide me with evidence,
Your Designer's still wishful thinking, my dear.
If you think that proving me wrong
Means you win, then your logic is sadly at fault.
There's no limit on numbers of runners
And no race is ere won by default.

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So What’s The Difference Between A Myth And A Religion?

Kukulkán and Tepeu made man out of maize,
But that's just a story from the old Mayan days;
It's cobblers, rubbish—it's pure bovine faeces!
But mud and spare ribs, why that's worthy of praise;
Clay-made men, baked in the sun's rays
Are the obvious way to begin a new species!

When Zeus seduced Di, as a shower of gold
(How does that work? I've never been told.)
That's a myth, nothing more; just an old fable.
But when God laid Mary, as a ghost, so we're told,
Then all of a sudden, lo! and behold—
We're supposed to believe it's as real as this table.

—Daz

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Leaving Fundamentalism Vlog: The War On Reason

Jonny Scaramanga, has taken up video-blogging!

I'm disabling comments on this post; it's his work, not mine. Please visit Jonny's post to comment. Or, indeed, to catch up on the rest of his wonderful blog.
—Daz

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Noah’s Ark

Sorry 'bout all the video-posts lately. I've been a tad busy. Anyway, here's Non Stamp Collector's wonderful take on the story of Noah.
—Daz

Part One

Part Two

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Checkmate!

If the Smith family had an ancestor named Jones, why are there still Joneses?

Checkmate, genealogists!
—Daz

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A Podcast Worth Listening To: Accelerated Christian Education—A Worrying Trend

Jonny Scaramanga, of the Leaving Fundamentalism blog, features in the latest podcast at Fundamentally Flawed.

Although it widens in range a bit in the last ten minutes or so, it's largely focussed on the subject of ACE schools, their slow but steady encroachment into the UK, and Ofsted’s rather astounding approval of such schools. (Somehow 'schools' doesn't seem the right word. Try 'houses of indoctrination.' )
—Daz

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The Biblical Creationist’s Song (Repost)

This one's a repost of one I did ages ago, in light of a few readers subscribing after my recent attempts at poetry, as well as a recent very unsatisfactory debate with an apparent creationist elsewhere.

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Disgust

You open your mouth, spew misogynist crap.
Your gay-bashing keyboard's a constant tap-tap.
Your hate-spitting lips are non-stop a-flap
And you seem to see nothing wrong with that.
But if I say 'fuck' when I answer you back,
I'm disgusting?

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