Here's one I missed from last week: Apparently Glenn Beck took to the airwaves of his radio show and used the fact he's never seen a "half-monkey, half-person" as a basis to question the theory of evolution. Now, this item at The Atlantic Wire, and the comments underneath it, cover all the points I would have wanted to make here: 1) Our closest genetic relatives are apes, not monkeys (yes, there's a significant difference); 2) There actually WAS an extended effort to promote the fact that the world is round; and 3) Beck's probably never seen God, before, either, yet has no problem accepting the idea that He's up there; 4) How does this guy have such unfettered access to the broadcast spectrum?
If anything, people like Beck and his zealous ilk (on both the left and right) are solid evidence of devolution: Of rational discourse, American education, scientific AND religious literacy, and a well-informed society.
