Issue 47
News: Answers in Genesis, Part II: Electric Boogaloo.
If you read my previous article, You will know that I criticised AnswersInGenesis for their criticism of Richard Dawkins' Doco The Root of all Evil, which notably seemed to be that the reviewer did not even watch the entire film before reviewing it (and curiously, I actually had viewed it through twice) , and while I have said everything I can about their review of Dawkins' film (except for the fact that I believe he should have done an interview with Kent Hovind, infamous creationist and Chick Collaborator), but I intend to continue with a criticism of the site itself. One major thing of note on the site is a cleverly edited interview with Dawkins from 1997 which, at one point, shows him answering a question about proof of evolution (curiously, one cannot truly prove anything in science, but you can only either show that it is very likely, or disprove something) with 11 seconds of silence [actually him contemplating whether he should kick the interviewer out of his house] and a long rambling speech which has nothing to do with the question at hand. Naturally, this interview was shown to be a hoax by Australian Skeptic magazine (AiG is one of the few YEC groups not based in America). Another thing of note is their strongly anti-abortionist stance, claiming that life begins at conception, while not noting that life begins with the 2 cells before conception, and that Trees, Cows, Ants, and many other things also have life, despite Christians not clamoring for their "right to life", and that Mankind (out of the womb) is the only creature which truly has a right to life because of its use of reason to survive. (Thanks to www.abortionisprolife.com for that fact). Also, they claim that Darwinism is the sole cause of Naziism, Stalinism (the fact that one of Stalin's ministers had publicly renounced Darwinism notwithstanding), and Maoism, while conveniently writing off Christian Violence (ie, The Crusades, Salem Witch Trials, Wars of Religion, Manifest Destiny, the WBC, and The Army of God, etc.) as un-Biblical, not ewven noting the frequent commands by God in the old testament to obliterate entire towns (except probably the virgin women). One more thing is that they actually Condemn such shows as The Munsters, Looney Tunes, and Spongebob Squarepants, and films such as Lilo and Stitch, Sword and the Stone, and Fantasia, as being evolutionist propaganda for reasons known only to them.
Band Name: Injured. From a Mitch hedberg Routine where he's talking about Death metal band names.
Review: The Birdman of Alcatraz. This 1962 film about the life of Robert Stroud shows how a film can still be good despite glaring historical inaccuracies. The film shows a mild-mannered man who managed to rehabilitate himself from his murderous tendancies by becoming an expert of birds and curing several diseases from the (comfort?) of his cell. The historical facts, however, show a man who was an unrepentant killer who was largely locked up for his own good, due to the fact that he was an unrepentant killer, remorseless to the end, even with the public outcry for his release following the film's release.
Film Idea: The real Story of Robert Stroud, the fake version of which was the basis for the film reviewed above.
Quote: I went to see a heavy metal band in New York...called Monster Magnet. Man, they were heavy, boy. The lead singer was wearing no shirt and leather pants, and he had like a "Flying V" guitar. He got up on the monitor, and he said, "How many of you people feel like human beings tonight?" Then he said, "How many of you feel like animals?" And everyone cheered after the animals part. But the thing is, I cheered after the human being part because I did not know that there was a second part to the question. "Yes, I do feel like a human. I do not feel like a tree."
____________Mitch Hedberg.
Link: A site for a fictitious fundementalist church known as Landover
If you read my previous article, You will know that I criticised AnswersInGenesis for their criticism of Richard Dawkins' Doco The Root of all Evil, which notably seemed to be that the reviewer did not even watch the entire film before reviewing it (and curiously, I actually had viewed it through twice) , and while I have said everything I can about their review of Dawkins' film (except for the fact that I believe he should have done an interview with Kent Hovind, infamous creationist and Chick Collaborator), but I intend to continue with a criticism of the site itself. One major thing of note on the site is a cleverly edited interview with Dawkins from 1997 which, at one point, shows him answering a question about proof of evolution (curiously, one cannot truly prove anything in science, but you can only either show that it is very likely, or disprove something) with 11 seconds of silence [actually him contemplating whether he should kick the interviewer out of his house] and a long rambling speech which has nothing to do with the question at hand. Naturally, this interview was shown to be a hoax by Australian Skeptic magazine (AiG is one of the few YEC groups not based in America). Another thing of note is their strongly anti-abortionist stance, claiming that life begins at conception, while not noting that life begins with the 2 cells before conception, and that Trees, Cows, Ants, and many other things also have life, despite Christians not clamoring for their "right to life", and that Mankind (out of the womb) is the only creature which truly has a right to life because of its use of reason to survive. (Thanks to www.abortionisprolife.com for that fact). Also, they claim that Darwinism is the sole cause of Naziism, Stalinism (the fact that one of Stalin's ministers had publicly renounced Darwinism notwithstanding), and Maoism, while conveniently writing off Christian Violence (ie, The Crusades, Salem Witch Trials, Wars of Religion, Manifest Destiny, the WBC, and The Army of God, etc.) as un-Biblical, not ewven noting the frequent commands by God in the old testament to obliterate entire towns (except probably the virgin women). One more thing is that they actually Condemn such shows as The Munsters, Looney Tunes, and Spongebob Squarepants, and films such as Lilo and Stitch, Sword and the Stone, and Fantasia, as being evolutionist propaganda for reasons known only to them.
Band Name: Injured. From a Mitch hedberg Routine where he's talking about Death metal band names.
Review: The Birdman of Alcatraz. This 1962 film about the life of Robert Stroud shows how a film can still be good despite glaring historical inaccuracies. The film shows a mild-mannered man who managed to rehabilitate himself from his murderous tendancies by becoming an expert of birds and curing several diseases from the (comfort?) of his cell. The historical facts, however, show a man who was an unrepentant killer who was largely locked up for his own good, due to the fact that he was an unrepentant killer, remorseless to the end, even with the public outcry for his release following the film's release.
Film Idea: The real Story of Robert Stroud, the fake version of which was the basis for the film reviewed above.
Quote: I went to see a heavy metal band in New York...called Monster Magnet. Man, they were heavy, boy. The lead singer was wearing no shirt and leather pants, and he had like a "Flying V" guitar. He got up on the monitor, and he said, "How many of you people feel like human beings tonight?" Then he said, "How many of you feel like animals?" And everyone cheered after the animals part. But the thing is, I cheered after the human being part because I did not know that there was a second part to the question. "Yes, I do feel like a human. I do not feel like a tree."
____________Mitch Hedberg.
Link: A site for a fictitious fundementalist church known as Landover
Labels: Creationism, Religious Right
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