This is a nice follow up piece for the earlier link I posted today on why we are not ENTITLED to throw our opinions around without evidence and/or expectation of being challenged by those with broader knowledge: It is more than a little scary when you realize that objective data collection and rigorous factual modeling are being sidetracked and attacked by dogmatic belief systems. Especially when the consequence of waging the culture war within the arena of technoscientific discourse makes us slower to respond to real threats to our success, peace, and/or survival.

First we had Congressman Todd Akin’s insane theory that a woman can’t get pregnant from a rape because their body somehow knows the difference and does something to not get pregnant. Soon after Akin made that utterly unscientific statement, people started talking about how this Bible-believing-batshitterist was, incredibly, on the House Science Committee.

Now we have Congressman Paul Broun of Georgia stating that evolution and the big bang theory are “lies straight from the pit of Hell.” And, guess what? Broun is also on the House Science Committee.

via The Congressional Prayer Caucus and the House Science Committee — A Disturbing Combination | This Week in Christian Nationalism.