Thoughtful Preparations: Media Spin Blog

The writer at RIGHTWING NUTHOUSE sums up the many issues of the bubbling Intelligent Design debate as well or better than the many commentaries thrown into this primordial stew.

Since President Bush commented recently regarding Intelligent Design, ‘’I think that part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought,” the evolutionary can of worms has been opened.

It’s great, because now we can hope for many schools of thought to be discussed, although many do not have direct bearing on evolution. They are simply articles of faith and belief, such as those embraced by the idealogues within the Bush inner circle.

The Hindu term Satchitananda, is their concept of an omniscient God. Perhaps it is long overdue for public education classes to turn more attention to the study of the ideas and principles of philosophy and world religions. This will provide students with more balanced and understanding perspectives of global consciousness.

The writings of scholars such as Hank Wesselman and Carlos Castaneda discuss what sounds like a cosmic multicellular entity, composed of all the souls of the universe combined in a matrix. That many minds acting in harmony is closer to God than this world, or maybe it’s just a like a bunch of glowing jellyfish floating around peacefully on the waves of space. I agree with our Great White Father Bush in the White House, and encourage the reading and discussion of these books in classrooms as soon as possible.

For a more scholarly look at geological time and evolution, see the excellent web site, The Virtual Fossil Museum.