of baboons & banjos

watching cbs sunday morning this morning, and there was a story about charles darwin b/c it's his 200th birthday just like it's lincoln's 200th birthday. charles was born the day after ol' abe. odd, really. i would not have put them in the same era, but then it's like - duh, of course they are.

so, in this story, a biologist was saying how natural selection is just the way things are. like, if you want to pretend there is intelligent design, more power to ya, but you're wrong. her whole attitude was that the world is populated with ignorant dolts who cannot see the truth.

well, now... i am familiar with the ignorant dolt theory, as i am a great expositor of it myself. but, i think it's a bit disingenuous of her to act as if we should all be on her page. c'mon, lady, you are a trained expert in your field. we are a bunch of ignorant dolts. if your truth is so self-evident, perhaps instead of denigrating us, you can explain it to us. if it is so obvious & simple, surely we can understand.

i get so tired of scientists belittling faith & then expecting us to take their word for things. surprise - that is faith.

who is the dolt now? eh? eh?

in other news, steve martin has come out with an entire album of bluegrass banjo music, so that is what currently tops my wish list.