Wow, this is the state I live in. There's a debate going on as to how to portray the origins of life in Texas textbooks. Fundamentalists want to question evolution, and put in another theory about "intelligent design." In a science book.
Posted by Fatboy at July 31, 2003 02:08 PMHmm. Let them put that in the science books if you get to change all the Bibles.
"God blessed them and said to the amoeba, 'Be fruitful and multiply. And by multiply, I mean undergo mitosis, and eventually evolve into a sexual organism, so that you may mix your genetic material with other amoeba until you fill the world with a myriad of species, each of whom have survived their environements by having a preferential genetic makeup. Amen.' " (Gen. 1:28)
Posted by: Rick at July 31, 2003 04:17 PMAddenda:
"Multiply until your descendants produce heirs that prove unable to breed due to their propensity for congregating in corners. This will signify the beginning of the end of living organisms. Whence your heirs reach such a stage, the proper course is to commence mass exterminations by means of cirrhosis. Only then will you see the glory of the one true purpose. Yea Beer!
Posted by: Mike at July 31, 2003 05:01 PM