Sunday, September 18, 2005
The Observer | How the penguin's life story inspired the US religious right:
Leipzig pointed out that this species of penguin, the emperor, is usually monogamous for a year, but not for life: the following year, it takes a different partner. He added: 'People read it into what they want. There are universal truths about parenting and bonding with offspring, but it's not a film with a political and social agenda. When we put the English-language version together, we never once had a discussion about social, religious or cultural points of view. We wanted to get the audience involved to follow the penguins' lives.'
America's religious right, in grasping at this as proof of 'intelligent design', provide in their myopic whining, one of the better arguments against 'intelligent design.'
I can imagine God crying as He observes the lengths to which some will go to avoid using the brains He has blessed them with.
Leipzig pointed out that this species of penguin, the emperor, is usually monogamous for a year, but not for life: the following year, it takes a different partner. He added: 'People read it into what they want. There are universal truths about parenting and bonding with offspring, but it's not a film with a political and social agenda. When we put the English-language version together, we never once had a discussion about social, religious or cultural points of view. We wanted to get the audience involved to follow the penguins' lives.'
America's religious right, in grasping at this as proof of 'intelligent design', provide in their myopic whining, one of the better arguments against 'intelligent design.'
I can imagine God crying as He observes the lengths to which some will go to avoid using the brains He has blessed them with.
- Frank
