Piece from one of my favorite atheists/freethinkers

[BlueEyedSon]

Sam Harris
08.02.2005
The Politics of Ignorance

President Bush has now endorsed the pseudo-scientific notion of "intelligent design" (ID) and declared it to be a legitimate alternative to the theory of evolution. This is not surprising, as he has always maintained that "the jury is still out" on the question of evolution. But the jury is not out -- indeed it was well in before President Bush was even born -- and anyone familiar with modern biology knows that ID is nothing more than a program of political and religious advocacy masquerading as science.

It is for this reason that the scientific community has been divided on just how (or whether) to dignify the spurious claims of ID "theorists" with a response. While understandable, I believe that such scruples are now misplaced. The Trojan Horse has passed the innermost gates of the city, and scary religious imbeciles are now spilling out.

More http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/sam-harris/the-politics-of-ignorance_5053.html

[beam me up scottie]

1. But we have to

RESPECT their religious beliefs, remember?:sarcasm: