I just loved this!
Depending on what day it is, the Religious Right is viewed as being full of unintelligent buffoons incapable of grasping simple facts of science or they are shrewd political geniuses secretly leading our nation to become a full-fledged theocracy. Some days, they’re both.
From this article, which also makes a point worth hearing about the genetic fallacy and my alma mater.
HT: Joe Carter
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