tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14617779.post-1154930268507826292006-08-07T07:46:00.000+02:002006-08-07T07:57:48.523+02:00Here's an entertaining article on some 9<a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/08/06/national/a203046D91.DTL">/11 conspiracy theorists</a>. The movement claims to be drawing fresh energy and credibility from a recently formed group called Scholars for 9/11 Truth, which is comprised of college professors. Some of the group's ideas are that the Twin Towers were brought down with controlled explosions, that the hijackers are still alive, that the US government knew in advance, or that the US government was responsible. This is from their website: the "World Trade Center was almost certainly brought down by controlled demolitions" and "the government not only permitted 9/11 to occur but may even have orchestrated these events to facilitate its political agenda." These professors, it should be noted, are not necessarily experts in the fields of structural engineering or explosives. For instance, David Gabbard, an East Carolina education professor, acknowledges this isn't his field, but says "I'm smart enough to know ... that fire from airplanes can't melt steel." I'll leave the chuckles to you. But a quote by a state official, who was concerned about these professors teaching--"It's not a matter of unpopular ideas; it's a matter of quality education and giving students their money's worth in the classroom"--reminded me of another conspiracy theory, which is playing out again in Kansas. That is the theory that the teaching of evolution is a conspiracy to indoctrinate our children against...Jesus, if I remember correctly. Chuck Colson, felon-turned-Christian, contributes <a href="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ChuckColson/2006/08/07/censoring_science:_the_kansas_controversy">this </a>on the latest in the evolution debate. Unfortunately, he forgets that there really is not debate about evolution except among those who don't understand it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14617779-115493026850782629?l=hammerofjudgement.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Judgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11814065873701003807noreply@blogger.com2