Intelligent Design, Schmintelligent Schmdesign.

Posted by Johnny at 6:24 p.m.

Wow, I was just watching the Daily Show and they're running their "Evolution Schmevolution" week. They showed clips of these "professors" of theology talking about intelligent design and made lots and lots of fun of them.

For example: this one alleged Doctor of theology, Kent Hovind, likened mankind to a wristwatch/calculator. He said, "This Casio wristwatch has a clock, a calculator, a daytimer, and a stopwatch. When I went to Japan, I didn't meet the man who designed this, but I'm sure he exists." That was his arguement. His entire arguement!

Oh my God! That was so profound! You mean, someone actually designed that inanimate tool? It didn't evolve from lesser watches over millions of years through mutation and survival of the fittest? Well, if that watch was designed by someone, clearly we as humans were designed by a supreme being as well, because logically speaking, if one thing in the universe was designed by someone, everything in the universe was designed by someone. This is irrefutable logic, and I will dig up my logic textbook from the PHIL 279 class I took last year to prove it.

Afterwards, Lewis Black did some digging into the credentials of this "doctor". Naturally, if someone called themselves Doctor Jerk, you would assume that they had a doctorate degree in something, whether it be theology, science, or jerking off... it doesn't really matter as long as they actually have a doctorate. And the last time I checked, to get a doctorate and call yourself a doctor, you need to complete a thesis in a Phd program at an accredited university or college.

This doesn't mean that you can just earn a fucking teaching certificate from Patriot Bible University and call yourself a doctor!

Yes, this is where that wristwatch-worshipping "doctor" of theology earned his title. He has a certificate of teaching from that "university", so now he is a "doctor".

Ok, that's enough ranting for now. Stay skeptical! Also, Kent Hovind sucks!