Lewis Black jokes that some people in this country who think that humans and dinosaurs inhabited the Earth at the same time, about 10,000 years ago, are watching The Flintstones as if it was a documentary.
Well the University of Texas and the Texas Tribune have determined that 3 out of 10 Texans are apparently thinking The Flintstones is non-fiction.
Faith in the Bible plants some powerful ideas in people's heads; much more powerful ideas than Charles Darwin could ever hoped to have spread with his "On the Origin of Species".
Now I'm not one to begrudge anyone their faith in God, Jesus, the Holy Sprit, Allah, Mohammed, Yahweh, the Great Green Arkleseizure, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Religion brings people peace of mind, it comforts the troubled, and inspires many to do valued, charitable work.
But it is time for religion to get out of the way of scientific truth. The fossil record indicates that the dinosaurs lived millions of years ago, not thousands, and evidence indicates very strongly that Darwin's theories on natural selection are as correct an idea as to how humans got here as anyone has ever come up with.
The Texas Tribune also points out that 30% of those responding to the question of human-dinosaur superposition "didn't know".
They really don't know whether or not humans and dinosaurs coexisted? They really have no idea? Really?
Two things to say:
1. Just because the Bible says something doesn't make it true.
2. Texans need to pay more attention in science class.
--Darrell McChesney
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