Stupid is as stupid does.
I have some very foundational and fundamental sets of values, beliefs, and morals. If that is wrong....I'll just continue to be wrong.
FRegards,
Seems to me just the fact that he is faculty adviser to the Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics would disqualify him.
I sent an uncomplimentary EMail to pmirecki@ku.edu this morning and it has not come back.
I do not know for sure, however, that that is his address.
Anyone who would like to vent can try it.
We should pray for this poor man. If he is as bitter regarding God as it sounds, he'll step through death's door into a mammoth, incredibly dismal, and never-ending surprise.
MM
Mirecki e-mail to the Yahoo Groups discussion group(copy found here -->SOMA at KU :: View topic - John Altevogt):
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005
Subject: I.D. & Creationism class to be taught at KU this spring!
To my fellow damned,
Its true, the fundies have been wanting to get I.D. and creationism into the Kansas public schools, so I thought "why don't I do it?"
I will teach the class, with several other lefty KU professors in the sciences and humanities. Class is:
REL 602 Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationisms and other Religious Mythologies.
Tuesdays 7:00-9:30pm. Smith Hall room 100. Open to undergrads and grads.
Enrollment limited to about 120. 3 credit hours.
The fundies want it all taught in a science class, but this will be a nice slap in their big fat face by teaching it as a religious studies class under the category "mythology". I expect it will draw much media attention. The university public relations office will have a press release on it in a few weeks, I also have contacts at several regional newspapers.
Of course, I won't actually be teaching I.D. and creationisms, but rather I'll be teaching ABOUT I.D. and creationisms as modern mythologies, indicating that these ideas have no place in a public school science class, but can certainly be analyzed in humanities classes for their function in society. Basic approach is my usual: anthropology with a focus on religious thought and behavior.
Any ideas for textbooks, guest lecturers and panels would be appreciated.
So far, six faculty have eagerly signed up to lecture. I can probably pull Chancellor Hemenway into this also, especially in the light of his public comments supporting evolution.
Doing my part to piss of (sic) the religious right,
Evil Dr. P.