The Caveman Speaks!

I don't know why I feel compelled to apologize for discussing my religion on my blog. So I won't.

It's quite old news by now, but I've been wanting to blog about this for a while and just haven't found he time. Apparently, a prominent Seventh-day Adventist pastor named Doug Batchelor has given a sermon on why women shouldn't be preachers, elders, or look upon a man. Okay I made that last one up.

I am really not going to argue against Mr. Batchelor's theology in regards to female pastors and elders, a subject I feel I am inadequately knowledgeable about at this time, and who can argue with someone who glibly asserts that he is right because "God's word is God's word."

Rather, I would like to explore the 'scientific' addendum he tacked on to the end of his thesis. He claims that Men are smarter than women because he read in the British Journal of Psychology, apparently as good as God's word, that "[men] on an average score five points higher on an IQ test."

What an absurd claim. Five points? On average? Is that all? That has to fall well within the margin of error and it certainly sits within the 15 point standard deviation generally accepted for such tests.

And of course, were speaking about averages here. That means that about half the women tested had higher IQ's than half of the men, give or take 5 points. . .

But let's take this to it's logical conclusion. Should we implement standardized IQ tests for all pastors? If they fall below the average IQ of the congregation, does that disqualify them? Can women that score five points above the average man become pastors? Should male pastors that fall five points below the average be excluded from the pulpit? And let's not forget that Asians on average have higher IQs than any other race. . .

Now, let's keep in mind that this is all coming from a man who has got to be the closest thing to an actual troglodyte as there could be (barring Brendan Fraser of course). Add to that the fact that he used to do a lot of drugs. Hmm, I wonder what his IQ is now. Judging by what comes out of his mouth, not very high.

Doug Batchelor's claim: That women aren't as intelligent because one published study says that women on average test five points lower than men on IQ tests.

My Verdict: Only a Caveman would buy that.

Regina Profs Hate the Children of Dead Soldiers

I'm going to try not to get into this subject in much detail - mostly because I hate giving these yahoos any exposure - but this just makes me sick.

I don't care what your personal views are regarding the Canadian military presence in Afghanistan (but seriously, is it really imperialism if we aren't gaining anything from the exercise?) - these children have lost a parent, one half of their emotional and financial support system. Why would you want to shut down a program that offers them a free college education?

Oh right, 'politics'.

I will give them credit, according to this this article the professors have proposed an alternate program in which anyone can have access to a free education. That's a lofty goal. Unfortunately it is also not feasible at our current tax level, unless the profs are willing to work for free. Perhaps if we were to raise our taxes to the same level as Sweden? Let's see what the voters say.

What we have, instead, is an existing program that offers some people a free education. Why should we deny them. Sounds to me like shades of Harrison Bergeron. "If everyone can't have it, no one should."

Unfourtunately, it is most likely that these professors are really only objecting to the label 'Hero'. Perhaps they would not have raised any objections if the scholarship program was called 'Financial Assistance for the Innocent Children of Ignorant, Violent People that Died While Promoting a Conservative Agenda in a Foriegn Country that Wasn't at all a Hotbed of Fanatical Terrorism'.

Well, look at that. I couldn't keep it short. I guess they really got my Irish up.