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February 5, 2008

Darwin Day

Posted by Dave Blount at February 5, 2008 9:00 AM

Just because they've renounced God doesn't mean atheists can't have holidays. On Saturday as many as 200 will gather at Fern Forest Nature Preserve in Coconut Creek, Florida, to celebrate the birthday of their prophet, Charles Darwin.

Proclaims Ken Loukinen, whose Atheists of Broward County is cosponsoring the festivities:

I am committed to speaking out until intelligent design, abortion and stem cell research are not subjects of discussion anymore.

Or as El Rushbo would put it,

I will not fade away until every American agrees with me.

In Kookinen's case, it might take awhile. Despite decades of official indoctrination, a minority of Americans believe in Darwinism. Common descent among species is one thing, but anyone who actually believes it is statistically feasible for one species to evolve into a different one by random mutation is encouraged to read the works of Michael Behe (e.g., The Edge of Evolution), which explain clearly why the notion is preposterous.

Of course, if Darwin's theories could stand up to scrutiny, they wouldn't have to be imposed by force, and the common sense concept of Intelligent Design wouldn't require suppression.