Run Screaming Out Of The Room?

Don't be shocked, but a disability rights group has claimed that testing for Down's Syndrome is super-dangerous. It's all hard science too:

Although they admit that their ratio is only an estimate, they are backed by a number of independent experts who fear inexperienced practitioners may also be to blame.

In related news, a blogger estimates that there is no limit to the rubbish the MSM will print.

Mind you, you can't hardly blame the MSM, not considering the example set by actual scientists. Take the defenestration of Professor Michael Reiss. Contrary to what our ever-balanced state broadcaster implies, Reiss is not a 'Creationism biologist'. Here's what he actually said:

Last week Prof Reiss - a Church of England minister - said creationism should be discussed in science lessons if pupils raised the issue.

As opposed to what exactly?

But no: that was all too much for the heirs to Galileo, who came up with a true classic of the witch hunter's art:

The society said some of his comments had been "open to misinterpretation".

This had damaged its reputation.

Say what? A statement of the blindingly obvious is a firing offence just in case someone else interprets it some other way.

This is like criticising Darwin because his work was used to support eugenics, except that his work really was used to support eugenics, rather than merely being open to being used to support eugenics.

It's not even good politics. Creationism survives because a large number of people are convinced that scientists will go to any lengths to push an atheistic agenda. Call it a hunch, but I'm thinking that this obsession with punishing anyone who dissents from the party line probably won't have anyone taking their tinfoil hat off any time soon.

It's especially a pity that these people have give into their inner Dawk at the self-same time even dyed in the wool lefties are starting to mock him.

Testing The Hypothesis

The Dawk speaks:

[Dawkins] is also a member of the Brights, a group who out themselves as atheists. But he is not too keen on the name. “The word Brights gets a lot of ridicule. A lot of Americans think it’s arrogant, that it’s saying non-religious people are cleverer than religious people. On average they probably are, but you’re not allowed to say that.” He grins.

A-huh.

Cruel, But Funny

The voice is great too...and after 4:00, it really gets going.

Are We Sure The 'A' Is For 'Atheist' ?

Uh oh - looks like another victim group is nudging up to the trough:

I have had many letters from people saying 'I don't dare give my opinions. I am afraid of my family. I am afraid of my wife, I am afraid of my husband. I am afraid of my work people. I am afraid of being fired'."

Run for your lives everybody! The Christians are coming!

Hmmmm... what are they going to do ? Bore us to death ?

Seriously, these people keep claiming there's nothing unmanly about liberalism, but then they claim to be scared rigid by the Jesus freaks. What's with that ?

Not that The Dawk is motivated by a monomaniacal hatred of Christianity - there's a whole other bunch of people he hates as well:

When you think about how fantastically successful the Jewish lobby has been, though, in fact, they are less numerous I am told - religious Jews anyway - than atheists and [yet they] more or less monopolise American foreign policy as far as many people can see. So if atheists could achieve a small fraction of that influence, the world would be a better place.

So that's both Christians and Jews that are oppressing The Dawk - he's really not going to like Jesus then.

Personally, words can't describe my shock on finding a prominent Oxbridge academic pushing retarded anti-Semitic libels - although words like 'not' 'at' and 'all' come pretty close - but it does kind of ram home the central problem with Dawkism.

The Dawk claims to be a standard bearer for science and rationality, but you don't have to delve too deep before you start to suspect he's something of a shill for the unhinged left. There's nothing logical about believing in stupid conspiracy theories about the 'Jewish lobby'. Ditto, where's the science in pushing easily debunked myths about US domestic policy, like this:

Obviously stem cell research and all the interference with scientific research that goes on [should stop].

Never mind that The Dawk isn't actually saying what he appears to be saying here, and just concentrate on the sleight of hand. No one's 'interfering' with stem cell research in the US. The Federal government won't fund research on a certain subset of stem cells - embryonic ones - but that doesn't mean anyone else can't - including other layers of government.

In other words, The Dawk's position only stands up if you define 'interference' as 'failing to believe that federal tax dollars should be used to fund morally dubious research of questionable utility'. True, Christians oppose embryonic stem cell research for religious reasons, but then femiloons support it as 'second front' for abortion rights. Who cares ? The science is the science - or it should be.

Far be it from me to criticise anyone for going low early, but then I don't claim to be the Oliver Cromwell of Science, speaking truthiness to power. That's the problem with The Dawk, the double dipping. He claims to be the voice of reason, but he splashes round in the sewer just as much as anyone else.

Say what you like about creationists, at least they're upfront about their motivation. Meanwhile, The Dawk conjures up pretendey persecutions and imaginary interference, all in the cause of justifying his agenda of vile liberal fascism. Don't mock him though - he'll only claim you're oppressing him.

Thou Shalt Not Mock Thy Lord The Dawk

Remember how Atheists (as opposed to mere 'atheists') are always banging on about how anal the religious are about their faith, as compared to their own open-minded selves. Ah yes.

Apart from anything else, what’s with EweTube ? Now, they’re your one-stop shop for Obnoxious Atheism and Islamofascist propaganda ? You know, sometimes I think the Left doesn’t have an actual ideology aside from hatred of the West.

That’ll Leave A Mark

America’s chief (only ?) sane Lib Kirsten Powers sums up exactly what’s so annoying about professional atheists. At least religious nuts claim God’s on their side – these people claim the right to behave like pigs just because.