In evaluating whether or not Barack Obama, now pretty much confirmed as the US Democratic candidate for president, is indeed a “Messiah in our midst?”, commentator Jonah Goldberg comments:
Obama’s apostles are hard to dismiss. Oprah simply calls him “The One,” because “we need politicians who know how to be the truth.” (Jesus says in John 14:6 “I am the way, the truth …”) Oprah goes on to say Obama will help us “evolve to a higher plane,” which would put Obama in the role of our Intelligent Designer.
Intelligent Designer? Hold that thought. And hold your fork, Duke, there’s pie:
According to the New York Times, Obama’s volunteers are taught to eschew discussions of the issues and instead “testify” about how they “came to Obama.”
For many, he’s no retro-redeemer, but a 21st century savior, a Matrix-messiah and Neo for our modern-day Nineveh. Self-help guru Deepak Chopra dubs Obama “a quantum leap in American consciousness,” while prominent “leadership coach” Eve Konstantine assures us that, “He’s our product out of the all-knowing quantum field of intelligence.”
Obama willing, I will never be stuck next to these people on a plane.
Well, speaking for myself, Jonah, if I were stuck next to them on a plane, I would burst out singing, “If I had the wings of a … private jet!”
Yes indeed, a private jet, just like some American politicians*, who can insulate themselves from their goofy supporters, even if the rest of the travelling public can’t.
Goldberg warns that the Obamans will never leave you or forsake you as a mere one-celled, unquelled amoeba:
Those of you who thought we had a Second Amendment to keep government from fixing your soul are so 20th century. Evolve already.
Anyway, what I find fascinating is how the terminology of the debate finds its way into popular culture. Note especially: “Attention: Burgeoning post-Darwinists: Should we all sign up and get a tax number at this point?”
(*Disclaimer: Yes, yes, I am sure that the Republican contender has wingnut supporters too, but Do. Not. Ever. Mail. Me. Their. Literature. I. Believe. You. Already. Yet.)
Meanwhile, just up at Overwhelming Evidence
If you read it in a science textbook, it must be true, or anyway …“correct”!
What would convince Darwin of design? An angel? A brass man maybe?
Intelligent design research: Using Chinese anagrams to model proteins
The Fibonacci series and intelligent design: Returning to grass roots … and stems
IDEA clubs – student ID clubs – experiment with video advertising
Also, at The Post-Darwinist
The Mark Steyn show trial in Vancouver
The past as if nothing ever changes?
Oh no, Ono! Judge rules, the film about the ID guys can still be shown.
And at Colliding Universes:
“Did you imagine that science was a disinterested pursuit of truth? Well, … ”
“Now remind me again why we needed this multiverse theory in the first place?”