Scientifically just as compelling as Creationism, the Wet Fart Theory should be taught next to Creationism.
By David Stout, New York Times, August 20, 2005
Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, the Republican leader, aligned himself with President Bush on Friday when he said that the theory of intelligent design as well as evolution should be taught in public schools.
Such an approach “doesn’t force any particular theory on anyone,” Mr. Frist said in Nashville, according to The Associated Press. “I think in a pluralistic society that is the fairest way to go about education and training people for the future.” A Washington spokesman for the senator, Nick Smith, said later that the report was accurate. [complete article]
Comment — Why only have only two “theories” about the origin of life? I have a theory that life began when God let out a wet fart. It’s a bit like the Big Bang theory and just as traces of that cosmic event are evident in the even distribution of helium across the universe, the ubiquity of ideas that stink seems – at least to me – to provide compelling evidence that it was one almighty stinker that brought us into existence. My theory might not be widely accepted, but in a pluralistic society I think it should get a fair hearing.
This was taken from The War in Context, a conglamerate news page that I faithfully check every day. Who can take credit for the wet fart theory?
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Wouldn’t you know it… as soon as I retire from teaching, it gets interesting. I think the Wet Fart Theory goes well beyond Creationism and would explain absolutely everything.
So what’s your pet theory on how the universe began?
