Ewan's Corner

A classic Bad Science post which made me spill my tea when I reached the PPS:
All time classic creationist pwnage.
Andrew Schlafly (a “right wing christian activist”) is taken apart by Richard Lenski – a scientist with a sense of humour, a great writing style and some recent fame over lab results which appear to show evolution in action (i first heard about his results a few days ago via Slashdot).
The PPPS in Lenski’s reply mirrors my own puzzlement when it comes to Christians who refuse to believe in evolution:

“P.P.P.S. You may be unable to understand, or unwilling to accept, that evolution occurs. And yet, life evolves! [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_pur_si_muove] From the content on your website, it is clear that you, like many others, view God as the Creator of the Universe. I respect that view. I find it baffling, however, that someone can worship God as the all-mighty Creator while, at the same time, denying even the possibility (not to mention the overwhelming evidence) that God’s Creation involved evolution. It is as though a person thinks that God must have the same limitations when it comes to creation as a person who is unable to understand, or even attempt to understand, the world in which we live. Isn’t that view insulting to God?”
—Richard Lenski