Has anyone seen the new Friends of God documentary by Nancy Pelosi's daughter on HBO? I don't get HBO, but I've watched every clip I could find on the internet and it looks pretty good. If anyone knows where it can be found online (or wants to tape it, I'll pay postage
long shot, long shot...), that would be awesome. It seems to be along the same lines as Jesus Camp, but with more interviews. I can't get enough footage of regular Americans refuting evolution. And then, of course, there's pre-outed Haggard. (Though after 3 weeks of intensive counseling, he's declared himself "completely heterosexual".)
What never fails to strike me is the way every argument can be countered with faith. For example, the dinosaur issue. Scientists can show that fossils are more than 6,000 years old through radiometric dating. Creationists counter that they believe the Bible, and all evidence to the contrary is a challenge to test one's faith in God. There's nowhere to go from there. I have talked to people who hold these beliefs. I've tried hard to understand how this works in their minds. It's easy to write it off to brain-washing, but it's hard to believe that people don't realize the falsehoods (in my opinion) for what they are once they reached educated adulthood, and sometimes acquire these beliefs as adults. I like whydoesgodhateamputees.com. All cheeky web site name laughs aside, the site has a good forum for this type of discussion, and raises some good points. Anyway, here ends rambling. I like to procrastinate with religion when I have work that I should be doing.