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'The Pit of Hell'

October 08, 2012

Representative Paul Broun (R-Ga.), a medical doctor who is on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, told a church group that evolution, embryology, and the Big Bang theory are "lies straight from the pit of hell," reports the Associated Press. Broun's remarks to sportsman's banquet at Liberty Baptist Church in Georgia were videotaped and uploaded by the church to YouTube; the video has since been removed, the Los Angeles Times notes. Broun also said that the Earth is about 9,000 years old and that it was created in six days, the Athens Banner-Herald adds.

Broun's spokesperson, Meredith Griffanti, tells the AP that Broun was speaking off the record about his religious beliefs.


It is still on

Submitted by klk9 on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 14:54.

It is still on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBy3MbP4WDo

I wonder which political

Submitted by mmoser on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 16:33.

I wonder which political party would do more to advance science in the next four years?
Ayn Rand or Che Guevara pick your poison... ;-)

Fools are allowed to be

Submitted by fadler on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 17:16.

Fools are allowed to be foolish in the U.S. Luckilly, the fringe fools on both sides are and always will be minorities as they are all over the world. The problem is they seem more powerful because they make the most noise whether they come from the bible belt or from Hollywood.

The fact that ignorance has

Submitted by nbishopric on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 17:27.

The fact that ignorance has no political allegiance should not stop us from calling out our representatives for being deliberately ignorant and/or lying about the current understanding of our origins.

Especially when they are charged with funding science in our country.

There is only one comment

Submitted by bettelheim on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 05:59.

There is only one comment that can be made and that comes from the often quoted phrase from Schiller, the German writer:
'Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.'
or in English:
'With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain'.

My father used to say about such things 'Let them die stupid!'

However, can a nation as great as the U.S.A. afford to have someone like that in its legislature?

Karl A. Bettelheim

Is that the House

Submitted by bill.mahn on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 12:22.

Is that the House anti-science committee?

Would make you weep... On

Submitted by martin.kennedy on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 01:02.

Would make you weep... On several counts. 1. he is a medic. (I wouldn't be going to him)! 2. presumably he believes this hogwash 3. he got voted in to office 4. people at the sports club actually listened to him? 5. this is the kind of view that holds humanity back, not advances it.

If it weren't so frightening,

Submitted by Sceptic on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 02:50.

If it weren't so frightening, it would be funny. This guy sounds like the character Bill Maher described in his fantastic "New rules" item "Karab Amabo".