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Monday, August 08, 2005
Bill Hicks...now THERE was an intelligent design
With Dubya recently jumping into the intelligent design vs. evolution fray, I hark back to a bit by the late Bill Hicks.
Bill Hicks says:
Fundamentalist Christianity...fascinating. These people actually believe that the the world is 12,000 years old. Swear to God. Based on what? I asked them.
“Well we looked at all the people in the Bible and we added ‘em up all the way back to Adam and Eve, their ages: 12,000 years.”
Well how fucking scientific, okay. I didn’t know that you’d gone to so much trouble. That’s good. You believe the world’s 12,000 years old?
“That’s right.”
Okay, I got one word to ask you, a one word question, ready?
“Uh-huh.”
Dinosaurs?
Hicks continues:
You know the world is 12,000 years old and dinosaurs existed, they existed in that time, you’d think it would have been mentioned in the fucking Bible at some point: “And lo Jesus and the disciples walked to Nazareth. But the trail was blocked by a giant brontosaurus… with a splinter in his paw. And O the disciples did run a shriekin’: ‘What a big fucking lizard, Lord!’ But Jesus was unafraid and he took the splinter from the brontosaurus’s paw and the big lizard became his friend. And Jesus sent him to Scotland where he lived in a loch for O so many years inviting thousands of American tourists to bring their fat fucking families and their fat dollar bills. And oh Scotland did praise the Lord. Thank you Lord, thank you Lord. Thank you Lord.”
MZ: What do I think of “intelligent design,” you ask? To paraphrase dear Mohandas, I think it would be a pleasant change.
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Film to see: “Murderball”
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone says:
“A smashing documentary about quadriplegics in wheelchairs—wait, it’s not depressing. These are quadriplegics who play rugby for the U.S. Paralympics team—wait, it’s not sappy. Fierce action, foul language and even quad sex come under the microscope of filmmakers Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro as the film builds to the battle between the U.S. and Canadian teams. Wait—it’s not like something you’ve already seen. It’s original, outrageous and murderous fun.”
Highly recommended…
Site:
http://www.murderballmovie.com
Trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/murderball
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Dave Zirin is the author of the must-read book, “What’s My Name Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States,” and he’ll be talking about that book, sports, politics, and more at the Astor Place Barnes and Noble (212-420-1322) this Friday, August 12 @ 7:00.
For my interview with Dave, please click here:
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/mickeyz250705.html
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