I received this today from a dear friend that I’ve known and loved since kindergarten. We’re only a month apart in birthdays, were in every grade together through high school, and served together in the Marine Corps in the 1970’s. Just last year summer while I was on vacation in upstate New York and staying at his home for a couple days after our 30th high school reunion, we were struck by lightning at the same time as he was changing the front disc brakes on his wife’s SUV. The lightning hit a power line near the house, travelled into the garage and to the vehicle through the cord on a trouble light, and knocked the crap out of both of us as we were in contact with the vehicle. It might have made him a bit more religious all of a sudden as he had both hands on bare metal whereas I was just touching a painted surface with one hand.The regurgitated email that follows is treacly, patriotic, and utterly false. Dembski and DaveScot crash, and crash hard, for a hoax that could be uncovered in five seconds by anyone with a quarter of an IQ point.
It's time for Dembski to dump DaveScot--and maybe even entirely leave blogging himself. He's gone from ID's leading light to its glaring embarrassment.
[via Ed Brayton]
Aside from the obviously ridiculous ACLU stuff, isn't there something weird about that photo also? A little Photoshop work to produce a 100% prayerful group, instead of the usual assembly looking off in different directions? (Once you start fabricating, where do you stop?) Some of the heads toward the middle seem out of proportion. And what's with the virtually all-white Marine Corps?
ReplyDeleteThe photo does look a little odd. Maybe it's one of those 3-D pictures.
ReplyDeleteDaveScot has changed his tune and--as usual--deleted contrary comments.
To everyone who’s pointed out that the ACLU story is a fabrication according to snopes.com - that’s hardly the point. The pictures of Marines praying are real. The fighting and dying to protect the interests of the United States is real. The request to pray for them is real. So I removed the fake names, noted the ACLU statement is rumor, and quoted a very real former Marine Sergeant’s sentiments instead. If anyone has a problem with that they can KMA. Google that.
Of course, that "very real former Marine Sergeant" is himself. Did I mention the word "embarrassment?"