So Bush was responsible for a bridge collapse?

Keith@40 said:"His beliefs endanger others because they are unfounded, unverifiable and in numerous documented cases, similar beliefs have led to people being harmed or killed. Just because a large percentage of the population share his beliefs in some vague fashion (because we all know that large groups have homogeneous world views) doesn't make him right. it just makes lots of people wrong."

The arrogance in that last sentence is mind-boggling. Christians are devotees of Jesus Christ whom cast out demons on numerous occasions...how is Jindal forcing his beliefs on others or "harming" anyone. He was recounting a story from his student days about a spiritual encounter. Presenting someone with a belief that is "unverifiable" is dangerous? How? No one is forced into believing by this "fanatic". The amount of disdain and mistrust of religious types (a vast majority in this country) is borderline ludicrous.

..and I agree that the type of Christianity that Rev. Phelps preaches is dangerous and the antithesis of the type of Christianity that MOST Americans follow.

So no Christians in the White House? That'll fly. 83 percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians...so they are NOT in the minority. There may well be a range of devotion, but 83 percent believe in Jesus Christ and his divinity—so they are all whackjobs apparently.

So the eff what? He's a converted Catholic. I thought that Boingboing was some bastion of free-thinking and open-mindedness...now someone who has faith or believes in the supernatural is deemed some sort of nutbar.

Ridiculous.

I think I will require some anecdotal evidence of Barbara Bush saying things like this before I just "take your word for it".

I don't see what the big deal is...this is a home school science fair. This appears to be the main reason that parent's home school their kid's...so they can control what is taught and usually put a "non-secular" spin on it. If this was a public school science fair, I could see why this would cause a stir.

Is the fact that most Christians don't fully adopt Darwinism a surprise to anyone here?