August 19, 2011
Why does god hate Rick Perry?
God seems to go out of his way to do the opposite of whatever Rick Perry prays for.
I am a theoretical physicist and currently Director of UCITE (University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education) at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. I am the author of three books: God vs. Darwin: The War Between Evolution and Creationism in the Classroom (2009), The Achievement Gap in US education: Canaries in the Mine (2005), and Quest for Truth: Scientific Progress and Religious Beliefs (2000). Disclaimer: The views expressed in this blog are my personal ones and are not those of UCITE or Case Western Reserve University. If you wish, you can send me an email by clicking here.
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Maybe there is a god, and he's a skeptic and he rewards those who shun faith in favor of evidence and humans being responsible for their own affairs by granting them the logical outcomes of their reason based behavior. An extremist of this view would say this god is punishing Perry (and his state) for their faith and for their superstitious approach to a real problem. God is testing their skepticism and scientific know-how.
So yes, God is pro-skepticism and put down all the holy books and prophecies, etc. just to test people's skepticism and to sort the superstitious from the rationalists. He rewards only thee of little faith. Don't believe me there is a god like that? You can't prove there isn't!* *(This god would disapprove of my shifting of the burden of proof I just did there, btw; it's a sin!)