Merit-bound Alley

Yes, I’ve had to section this one out due to length.

Hopefully in Part I, I’ve successfully imparted the fact that intelligent design is not science and therefore does not belong in the science classroom. Now, it is time to move on to discuss the Premise Media movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed and how, before it has even been released, this most wretched propaganda piece has exemplified every aspect of the lies, ignorance, and misdirection that the ID leadership exhibits to further their cause.

Expelled is a pro-ID movie produced by Mark Mathis that purports to shed light on the active expulsion of pro-ID “scientists” by the monolithic and atheist (ooh, scary) “Big Science”. It presents multiple cases of people who have supposedly lost their jobs and standing in the scientific community due to their support of ID.

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Courtesy of Pharyngula, we have the link to a website of a man who thinks he’s found pre-Cambrian dragons!

For those not in the know, pareidolia is the mental ability to see recognizable shapes in random images. It lets us see the man in the moon, bunnies in clouds, and Jesus in cheese sandwiches. Yum! So, what does pareidolia have to do with dragons? Take a look at the pictures.

No, I’m no geologist, but those dragons look an awful lot like rocks. However, maybe in the Forgotten Realms, they may have been dragon remains. I may have to defer to MB-A consultant and D&D expert Ed T., who will be able to tell us if there are stone dragons in the Monster Manual.