Today I was excited to discover that there were representatives on campus giving away copies of Darwin's Origin of Species. The version that was being given away was a version that included an introduction from Ray Comfort. He is a creationist and in the introduction discusses everything that is wrong with Origin of Species which amounts to basically everything in his opinion. Recently, Ray Comfort had gained some notoriety with his origin of bananas video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfucpGCm5hY. Former child star turned Bible beater, Kirk Cameron, recently discussed the plan for distributing these books http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM0oBuhTLRI. The representatives that were giving the books away were not Kirk Cameron, which is a good thing because I would probably be in custody after being charged with assault. I was part of a small mob that took on these representatives trying to discuss the issue (check out my views on evolution a few posts down). However, the book representatives became relatively defensive and hostile in the face of opponents that would challenge some of the ridiculous claims that they were making. At the end of the day I had fun arguing, however fruitlessly, with the representatives and only wish that I would have had an opportunity to punch Kirk Cameron right in his holier than thou face.
