11 February 2009
Stupid Nova
The best/worst thing about getting older has to be the increasing affinity for programs such as Nova and those on the History Channel and NatGeo. Last night I was sucked in to the Nova program on the debate between Evolution and Intelligent Design. I am sure, assuming you have read my blog, that you know where I stand. But frequently in such instances when this debate is raging, the first ammendment is thrown into the mix (The applicable section reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;") Now, I am not a student of law, and my level of intelligence seems to diminish with each passing day, but I liken this portion of the first ammendment to sugar and tea. Often this is referred to as the separation of church and state, and I believe this does mean a mutual exclusion the way it is written, I find the sugar and tea to be a more ideal analogy. Sugar is religion and tea is government. You do not want to put tea in the sugar bowl because you will ruin the sugar, but occasionally you put some sugar in your tea. I think the problem with this clause, in these times, is that too many people enjoy want their tea without sugar.
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