Salman Rushdie, you rock my world.

[go_team]

"Intelligent design, an idea designed backward so as to force the antique idea of a Creator upon the beauty of creation, is so thoroughly rooted in pseudoscience, so full of false logic, so easy to attack that a little rudeness seems called for."

Kick ass. Hopefully this entry about this article and my post to del.icio.us will remind me to buy some of this man's books so he can have a few more pennies of royalty money. Also, there's always his interview/conversation with Terry Gilliam on the Lost in La Mancha DVD special features, which y'all should check out if you haven't seen it.

Comments

[iainuki.livejournal.com]

He stretched it, but this particular condition afflicts Hinduism too (or, at least, some Hindus). Considering that something like two-thirds of humans in the world embrace Abrahamic religions and Hinduism (http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html), I don't think he's exaggerating too far.

More to the point is that organized religions tend to be controlled by individuals of the aforesaid persuasion, which means that they often wield influence disproportionate to their numbers. This effect is redoubled because religious individuals inclined to play politics are even more likely to have these characteristics.

I agree he's not being fair, but I can see where he's coming from.

[goteam.livejournal.com]

I think a main point to take away from the piece is that nobody fights fair in this argument, and so even attempts to pretend to do so are pretty much doomed. But perhaps that's just my cynicism talking, or the fact that I really should be sleeping.