inter faith

It's all nice and easy to be an inter faith enthusiast when you talk to moderate Christians, Buddhists, Taoists,
etc. - but whenever I encounter a specific sub group of Evangelical Christians, namely the one illustrated by the
Creation Science Fair,
I can't suppress a strong urge to retch. (I found the URL in sff_corgi's journal.)

I've nothing against fundamentalist or evangelical Christianity - but if science is twisted in line to support a world view that is often diametrically opposed to my ethics, that crosses the line.

For example, I can accept the argument that women should stay at home to look after their children because the children will benefit. But I will never accept an "argument" that takes women's lower pay to be a justification for excluding women from the work place.

As for the demonstration of the difference between Uncle Steve and a monkey, and the experiment to create life from inanimate substances - oh please. That just goes against the grain of scientific method - and demonstrates no grasp even of the popular scientific literature. (Notice how I suppressed a SNARXY comment about Uncle Steve.)

That said, I could probably live with my children adopting these views - or living with somebody that has these views. I'd just hope they'd snap out of it again ;)

Visitors ...

First of all, thank you to shellebelle93 and cynthia_black - I never thought I could have an intelligent discussion with Creationists, but you two proved me wrong. It seems that every time I hit an aspect of other believers' concepts of religion that I do not understand, I find someone on LJ who helps me revise my prejudices. Go LiveJournal!

Secondly, the company I work for will receive a high visitor tomorrow: His Royal Highness Prince Andrew AKA Fergie's ex-hubby AKA Randy Andy. Dress code for the day is picturesque high tech shabby chic; balaclavas are allowed, but any cassette players will be confiscated. After we've been recce'd (i.e. searched from top to bottom) by two separate groups of security people in the past week, tomorrow morning will herald the arrival of big mean dogs with well-trained noses. Their task is to spot any Semtex that our employees might have carelessly left in their drawers. Parking in front of the building will not be permitted (car bombs); neither will be visitors other than High Royal ones with assorted entourage. Any innocuous parcels will be turned away from our doors. Our CFO will personally walk ahead of HRH, to make sure somebody else steps on that carpet mine first. Since HRH will visit the offices, said spaces have to be clean, our desks have to be clear. I think I will shave my legs to mark the occasion.

Thirdly, I Must Diet Tomorrow. I have made the big mistake of unearthing a very nice cookie recipe. Baked cookies, got hooked. Fear for waistline. Go hide cookies and give them away to coworkers and friends. Moreish. Completely. Homemade. Oatmeal. Raisin. Cookies. Need I say more?