An Annihilation of Stupid

Two homeschooling conventions have officially kicked Answers in Genesis out of their roster, leaving Ken Ham stunned and angry! Sadly, the organizers of the one, in an email to AiG, stated that the suspension of Ham's folk was not because they disagreed with his fundamental positions; they do, completely! No, they were annoyed by Ham's public attacks on one of their speakers, a man from the notorious BioLogos, an organization that twists itself into ever-greater levels of nonsensical complexity in arguing for the fundamental compatibility of the Genesis story and modern scientific findings. The Australian biology teacher and childhood indoctrinator extraordinaire was upset that someone who "compromises" on God's word in Genesis was allowed to peddle material to homeschoolers. He only wants his material expressing his viewpoint to reach the little children, and makes his case in a long, rambling response that I only link in order to give you the full text of the email dismissing Answers in Genesis;

http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2011/03/22/kicked-out-homeschool-conferences

I do not know which of the two is less intelligent, the homeschoolers or Ham. Ham, as usual, refuses to recognize any viewpoint other than his own as legitimate, even if he disagrees, while the board falls all over itself to assure him that they agree completely with the Young Earth Creationist mindset and that they think that "Dr. Ham is very intelligent." Right. I would call him creative, but certainly not intelligent, for it takes a very quick and colorful mind to keep spinning out the lies, contrary facts and strange explanations that Ham manages to keep doing.

No wonder he's unhappy; it seems that he can only peddle his trash exclusively to homeschoolers and churches, and shame on them both for allowing it. It is for this reason that homeschooling is attacked in this country and people see certain kinds of churches as a thing of scorn. Homeschooling is often just an attempt to "protect" children from unpleasant facts about science and history and keep them stupid and indoctrinated in the guise of "educating" them, all masked in the rhetoric of concern over the (very real, I might add) failings of the public school system, and the popularity of creationist material for homeschooling purposes is strong evidence of this assertion.

Good for the conventions for banning Answers in Genesis, though for the wrong reasons. It's nice to see someone other than the evolutionists can set Ham into a frenzy.

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