Kansas Anti-Creationism Professor Resigns

An anonymous reader writes "A Professor of religion at University of Kansas has resigned from his position at the university because of his anti-creationism views." From the article: "Mirecki had planned to teach a course in the spring that examined creationism and intelligent design after the State Board of Education adopted science standards treating evolution as a flawed theory. Originally called 'Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism and other Religious Mythologies,' the course was canceled last week at Mirecki's request." The article goes on to explain that Mirecki evidently sent poorly worded email with anti-Christian sentiments around to people interested in the class, and was subsequently beaten for his troubles.

It sounds like email

[Anonymous Coward]

Could've used a bit of intelligent design.

Creationism

[Anonymous Coward]

I've just Creationism'd the first post

Of course .....

[hawkeye_82]

If these men can beat up a prof for saying things out loud, then its obvious the evolutionary process left them by the wayside, and they grew a up as apes. No wonder they dont believe in evolution.

Re:Beaten?

[Anonymous Coward]

'I actually did that act one night in the south, then after the show these three rednecks came up to me. "Hey buddy, we're Christians and we didn't like what you said." I said "Then forgive me." Later on, when I was hanging from the tree...'
--Bill Hicks

Re:Kansas...

[pilgrim23]

"Dear Auntie Em: Hate your Intleligent Design, Hate Kansas> Took the dog" -Dorthy

Re:Kansas...

[Fulcrum of Evil]

The United State of Kansas.

U SOK?

hur hur hur

[marcushnk]

The article goes on to explain that Mirecki evidently sent poorly worded email with anti-Christian sentiments around to people interested in the class, and was subsequently beaten for his troubles.

bloody bible bashers :-P

Re:You don't get it either.

[Anonymous Coward]

Yoda,


Supposing something like that happened, might not you also resign?

Your comment is virtually incomprehensible.

Re:It sounds like email

[Anonymous Coward]

Fucking evolutionalists.

Maybe you descend from monkeys. Not me.

Now, where have I put my banana *scratch* *scratch* ?

Re:Beaten?

[poopdeville]

I can't wait for the F Games on ESPN. Sports to the Fundament.

Re:Gotta love that...

[craXORjack]

Presumably these Christians haven't heard of such advice as "turn the other cheek".

The two men on a country road sound like the kind of christians who do say "turn the other cheek" as well as "squeal like a pig, boy!"

Re:Beaten?

[thx1138_az]

Kansas Kreationism Kommittee

Re:It sounds like email

[Anonymous Coward]

It reminds me of that t-shirt I saw--how'd it go? Oh yeah:

"I got a teaching job at the University of Kansas and all I got was a lousy beat-down by some Christians."

Re:Interesting...

[dbIII]

Also, anti-fundamentalist is not the same as anti-christian.

Obviously - since the only bit of the New Testiment they seem to read is Relevations and there isn't a lot of Jesus in that bit.

It's easy to teach intelligent design - here it all is:

The world is too difficult to explain because the God ate my homework.

Re:A boycott of Kansas?

[Triggersite]

Boycott Kansas? What a great idea! Let's use the fact that this happened in Kansas to prove that a lot / most / ALL people from Kansas are religious nuts who beat their intellectual betters!

You know what else? Nobody buy anything from LA anymore! Rodney King was beaten there because people from LA are racists.

I rally behind your flag, noble sir.

Re:You fail to realize...

[sseaman]

As a graduate student I can tell you that you are underestimating how petty academics are...

and as a fundie I can tell you that you are misunderestimating how fat our faces are!

Re:It sounds like email

[Ziviyr]

Shove that, I'm going to duplicate it with some variation and see if it fares better or worse, then someone else will copy/alter the better one. Of course, someone might think they're god or something and try to make a perfect version on the first try. I'm sure my way is better, the way it really is!

Re:It sounds like email

[HTTP Error 403 403.9]

Could've used a bit of intelligent design.

Shouldn't the higher being that designed us given us a more sturdy head to withstand beatings from fundmentalists?

Re:Religious Right

[ClamIAm]

This is why my favorite bumper sticker/button says "The Christian Right is neither", because in many cases it's pretty much true.

Re:Boy, I sure am surprised!

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, it took so long to get up to a billion people because so many millions were being killed.

Mitant atheists?

[CitizenJohnJohn]

I'm a militant agnostic. I'll be round tomorrow evening to burn a big question mark in your lawn. (This joke stolen from Billy Connolly)

Rule #1

[Anonymous Coward]

Rule #1:

Never argue with people that have imaginary friends.

Okeydokey

[agiduda]

Reminds me of a bumper sticker that I've seen... http://6news.ljworld.com/art/apps/pennynews/110916 2592_bigoted.jpg [ljworld.com]

If no one else is going to say it...

[Smarty2120]

I, for one, welcome our new Literal-Bible-Reading overlords.

With scientific explanations out of the way, I can think of a bunch of ways to make a pile of cash:
- Blood Letting - "It worked in the 1700s and now it cures Bird Flu"
- Computer Security Pixie Dust - "Got popups and malware? Then have I got a magic sand bag for you"
- Magic Box DRM - "Now through this amazing process your record company too can protect its products from unauthorized consumer replication. Simply place products in the box for 30 minutes prior to shipment, add sheep's blood, and rest assured that your copyrighted content is safe (sheep's blood NOT included)"
- The list goes on and on...

Re:Beaten?

[Meagermanx]

Damn. I thought it was 2005.

Re:Again, it depends upon the church.

[Davorama]

Methodist churches have different views than Catholic churches.

We methodists can't even figure out what our views are consistantly in the chuch. My church out here in CA will have some drastically different sermon topics then those of some perishes out in, say, KY.

Who's to say which is "correct"? Except God/Jesus, that is. And neither of them return my calls anymore.

You know, Jesus stopped returning my calls a few years back too... I wonder if everything is OK up there?

Re:Beaten?

[CmdrTaco on]

Conservatives should all be jailed. For the good of the country.

Re:Again, it depends upon the church.

[Anonymous Coward]

He's been busy. Bush keeps wardialing his line.

Re:Beaten?

[fimbulvetr]

Of course, I forgot the inqusistion.

Nobody expects the spanish inqusistion!

Re:Beaten?

[Scarletdown]

What would Jesus do?

Or more importantly...

WWJD for a Klondike Bar?

Re:It sounds like email

[Jaysyn]

No, but if they do it long enough, then that trait would probably eventually evolve, thus proving our point.

Jaysyn

Re:Beaten?

[Anonymous Coward]

Sounds like they'd make good KDE developers!

Re:Way to go

[ugmoe]

Exactly. The story of the attack on Mirecki is not a testable hypothesis and it is not falsifiable. The story of the attack has never been published in a peer-reviewed article in a journal of criminology. The story is therefore mythological.

Imagine my shock!

[Anonymous Coward]

The religion of peace strikes again.

Oh, wait..

Extreme blasphemy

[Anonymous Coward]

it's a sport, try it, I like saying things like
"Jesus Christ you cock sucking son of a syphilitic whore"
the look of astonished horror on a Christians face is magic.

As Mark Twain wrote in 'Letters From The Earth'...

[jpellino]

"A man got religion, and asked the priest what he must do to be worthy of his new estate. The priest said, "Imitate our Father in Heaven, learn to be like him." The man studied his Bible diligently and thoroughly and understandingly, and then with prayers for heavenly guidance instituted his imitations. He tricked his wife into falling downstairs, and she broke her back and became a paralytic for life; he betrayed his brother into the hands of a sharper, who robbed him of his all and landed him in the almshouse; he inoculated one son with hookworms, another with the sleeping sickness, another with gonorrhea; he furnished one daughter with scarlet fever and ushered her into her teens deaf, dumb, and blind for life; and after helping a rascal seduce the remaining one, he closed his doors against her and she died in a brothel cursing him. Then he reported to the priest, who said that that was no way to imitate his Father in Heaven. The convert asked wherein he had failed, but the priest changed the subject and inquired what kind of weather he was having, up his way."

Re:Boy, I sure am surprised!

[thatguywhoiam]

Someone else was beaten or killed in the name of religion! *gasp*

What's the total up to now? A few billion?

[phone] Crushingly, Painfully, Soul-rendingly, Gnashingly, Wailingly, I-Weep-For-The-Speciesingly Insightful.

Re:Rule #2

[Winawer]

Actually, a relationship with God can apparently be had through your local intercom [theonion.com]. :-)

Re:Rule #2

[dorkygeek]

So i assume that you're talking about some other religion, or some uniquely insane politician, neither of which has anything to do with Biblical creation.

No, but unfortunately with the university of Kansas.

Re:Rule #2

[Anonymous Coward]

Talking to God is fine. It's when God starts talking back that you should be worrying.

Re:Rule #2

[Redwin]

When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself. -- Peter O'Toole

Re:Rule #1

[rnws]

You've never seen "Fight Club" huh? :-)

Re:It sounds like email

[aichpvee]

Maybe he's from Indiana, you insensitive clod! I heard that it's "a great place to end a sentence with a preposition at."

Re:It sounds like email

[Anonymous Coward]

I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump. I ran over and said: "Stop. Don't do it."
"Why shouldn't I?" he asked.
"Well, there's so much to live for!"
"Like what?"
"Are you religious?"
He said, "Yes."
I said, "Me too. Are you Christian or Buddhist?"
"Christian."
"Me too. Are you Catholic or Protestant?"
"Protestant."
"Me too. Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?"
"Baptist."
"Wow. Me too. Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?"
"Baptist Church of God."
"Me too. Are you original Baptist Church of God, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of God?"
"Reformed Baptist Church of God."
"Me too. Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1915?"
He said: "Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1915."
I said: "Die, heretic scum," and pushed him off.

(Stolen from http://www.shipoffools.com/Features/2005/laugh_jud gment_results.html [shipoffools.com])