The Intelligent Design of Imperfection

[magicalspork]

This is pulled directly from a link on the DU homepage, but it's worth a non-partisan read nonetheless.

Scientific American
from their editorial "Okay, We Give Up"

There's no easy way to admit this. For years, helpful letter writers told us to stick to science. They pointed out that science and politics don't mix. They said we should be more

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MY editor? Tom Collins.

[brentturbeaux]

Religious fundimentalism is portrayed as it is for the same reason the Anna Nicole Smith has (had?) a TV show: people love a train wreck. Stations like TBN exist because old people trust other old people who have gold furniture and large hair. It's all about the bait, and who's willing to bite at it. You're never likely to see a moderate, non-fundy Christian perspective on television, because it's just gonna be boring in comparison to some dude who's still bent on Matthew Shepard burning in hell.

For fan-felching-tastic televised religious discussion between a Christian (Bill Moyers) and a non-religious type (Joseph Campbell), czech out "The Power of Myth," probably the most interesting thing I've ever seen on the tube. I believe it was the last thing Campbell did before he died, and it's just a truly inspiring series of discussions.