The Religious Right Co-Opts T-Rex

There is an article in the LA Times that explains that a group of religious people have purchased the large dinosaur statue off of the 10 freeway in order to show people that dinosaurs were on earth a mere 6000 years ago, since that's when the earth was created. Click here to read the story at LATimes.com

This is complete nonsense, which led a few friends and I to contemplate the concept of incorporating T-Rex into religious icons and paintings. We pondered the idea of T-Rex crucifixes, with tiny little arms nailed to the cross. We thought of a painting of T-Rex madonna and child, (T-Rex of course having difficulty once again due to her tiny arms), a painting of the Sistine Chapel, featuring T-Rexes touching their teeny finger tips. A "Last Supper" with T-Rexes sharing T-Rex jesus' last meal.

I wonder if there is something chemically imbalanced in the severely religious. Perhaps it is something that can be addressed with medication in the future. It is startling to remember that there are people with these views in our government, with power to limit our scientific research and advances. Maybe we need legislation limiting the effect of religion on our society....