13 Responses to “"The new Dark Ages are upon us!"”

1. macht Says:
   May 22nd, 2006 at 10:33 am

   Hey, you should be thankful that we have modern-day prophets that can warn us of the threatiness that ID poses.

   You should all listen to Henry Rollins. He used to be in a rock band. Then he made some crappy spoken word albums. He was in Jackass: The Movie, too. I wonder what Johnny Knoxville's opinion of ID is…

Comment by macht — May 22, 2006 @ 10:33 am

2. Deuce Says:
   May 22nd, 2006 at 10:57 am

   I love that "threatiness" now has its own category:lol:

Comment by Deuce — May 22, 2006 @ 10:57 am

3. MikeGene Says:
   May 22nd, 2006 at 11:02 am

   He's so……….er, mad. Or is it just that steel-booted rage sells?

Comment by MikeGene — May 22, 2006 @ 11:02 am

4. macht Says:
   May 22nd, 2006 at 11:12 am

   Nope, he's just an angry man.

Comment by macht — May 22, 2006 @ 11:12 am

5. TomG Says:
   May 22nd, 2006 at 11:21 am

   Is this the Henry Rollins who is speaking here? If so then this is just another one of those random rants that has little importance other than entertainment. That the ASU professor supports it speaks more to his own lack of judgment than it does to whether ID is valid.

   Oh, and the first comment on the Professor's blog is quite the classic example of advancing the argument. (It's the comment by mythusmage. We'll see if it stays there very long.)

Comment by TomG — May 22, 2006 @ 11:21 am

6. macht Says:
   May 22nd, 2006 at 12:08 pm

   Yes, Tom, that's him. I'm waiting for Ted Nugent to come out in support of ID. He seems like an ID kind of guy.

Comment by macht — May 22, 2006 @ 12:08 pm

7. Krauze Says:
   May 22nd, 2006 at 12:09 pm

   Hi Macht,

   "You should all listen to Henry Rollins. He used to be in a rock band."

   When it comes to anti-religious rants, he should take a clue from Jimmy Pop, in my uninformed opinion the most talented lyrics composer alive right now.

Comment by Krauze — May 22, 2006 @ 12:09 pm

8. Guts Says:
   May 22nd, 2006 at 12:15 pm

   This reminds me of when some actors wade into politics, they end up looking pretty ignorant.

Comment by Guts — May 22, 2006 @ 12:15 pm

9. macht Says:
   May 22nd, 2006 at 12:16 pm

   "The Bad Touch" seems more appropriate for the subject of evolution/ID.

Comment by macht — May 22, 2006 @ 12:16 pm

10. Douglas Says:
    May 22nd, 2006 at 4:20 pm

    These Christian fundamentalist pyschotics are so power-mad, they will stop at nothing: Willful ignorance, intimidation, and supression of information are their tools! Intelligent design, absence-only sex-ed; the new Dark Ages are upon us!

    He apparently forgot "bigoted anti-science agendas". It's on page 3 of the Christian Fundamentalist Constitution. We are ready to give our lives to ruin all the fun for non-Creationists.

    Intelligent design, absence-only sex-ed; the new Dark Ages are upon us!

    We prefer to call it, "The New Enlightenment, in Reverse".

Comment by Douglas — May 22, 2006 @ 4:20 pm

11. edarrell Says:
    May 22nd, 2006 at 10:48 pm

    Question: If you believe intelligent design is nothing but a fundamentalist plot to bring back the Dark Ages, what's the chance that you'll be able to be evaluate the issue objectively?

    That's there for irony value only, right?

Comment by edarrell — May 22, 2006 @ 10:48 pm

12. Mung Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 10:45 am

    There are examples in history of the collapse of great civilizations. There is no particular reason that the United States should be exempt from historical forces The Visigoths are at the gates. Will we let them in?

    – John Brockman in Intelligent Thought: Science Versus the Intelligent Design Movement

Comment by Mung — May 24, 2006 @ 10:45 am

13. Mung Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 7:05 pm

    …religious fundamentalism is on the rise around the world, and our own virulent domestic version of it, under the rubric of "intelligent design," by elbowing its way into the classroom abrogates the divide between church and state that has served this country so well for so long. Moreover, the intelligent-design (ID) movement imperils American global dominance in science and in so doing presents the gravest of threats to the American economy, which is driven by advances in science and in the technology derived therefrom.

    This book … is a thoughtful response to the bizarre claims made by the ID movement's advocates, whose only interest in science appears to be to replace it with beliefs consistent with those of the Middle Ages. School districts across the country – most notably in Kansas and later in Pennsylvania, where the anti-evolutionist tide was turned but undoubtedly not stopped – have been besieged by demands to "teach the debate," to "present the controversy," when, in actuality, there is no debate, no controversy.

    – John Brockman in Intelligent Thought: Science Versus the Intelligent Design Movement

    Makes me wonder if their real motives aren't driven by their global dominance and economic interests. Of course, I am sure Darwinism can explain their selfishness.

Comment by Mung — May 24, 2006 @ 7:05 pm