Do You Dare Take The Wendy Wright Challenge?

[shpydir]

This is an interview conducted by Professor Richard Dawkins with Wendy Wright of the Concerned Women for America regarding evolution and intelligent design. Can you make it through all seven parts without a strong urge to self-lobotomize yourself?

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At one point, our plucky interviewee even suggests that the evolutionary biologist and the former

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[minionjoe]

"Scientists are claiming that they are the only ones who can speak on [science]."

I made it 3.5 minutes before I reached for the plasticware...

[minionjoe]

And part 7 ends in mid sentence. WTF?!?

[shpydir]

It cuts off like that on the DVD too, apparently.

[shpydir]

She's just so damn perky the whole time. I'd be really interested to hear her actually honestly discuss this stuff with someone like Dawkins instead of just regurgitating her talking points and ignoring everything he is saying.

I have a feeling Dawkins does this partially because if he can get through to someone like this, he would be the greatest teacher in the world. You can just see the frustration in his face, although he's always polite. With her, all I get is smugness and a real disgust for Dawkins.

[squigybits]

I could only get to part 4 before wanting to stick my head in a vice.
You can tell that she isn't thinking and just reciting learned response. "But look at all of the countries founded on evolutionism". What a bull shit straw man she has there.

[shpydir]

I think my favorite part is how she's president of Concerned Women for America. Why is it all these religious groups hide their affiliations and purpose? I mean, if you hit their webpage and look them up you can see it in their mission statement. My point is: the names they use don't tip you off as to what they're about. Ever.

Why not (reasonable) Evangelical Ladies for Christ in America? Or just (sarcasm) Uptight WASPS Gone Wild?