From Pharyngula, we hear of the latest horror:
Evangelist Ken Ham smiled at the 2,300 elementarystudents packed into pews, their faces rapt. With dinosaur puppets andsilly cartoons, he was training them to reject much of geology,paleontology and evolutionary biology as a sinister tangle of lies.
"Boys and girls," Ham said. If a teacher so much as mentionsevolution, or the Big Bang, or an era when dinosaurs ruled the Earth,"you put your hand up and you say, 'Excuse me, were you there?' Can you remember that?"
The children roared their assent.
"Sometimes people will answer, 'No, but you weren't there either,' "Ham told them. "Then you say, 'No, I wasn't, but I know someone whowas, and I have his book about the history of the world.' " He wavedhis Bible in the air.
