Celebration of Crank and Quack Science and Theology Scheduled Near Notre Dame

to blather about geocentrism and make the Church look silly to local (and if all goes well for them) national news media. Indeed, somebody has already tipped off Sullivan, who loses no time in describing these quacks as “uber-Catholic“. Perfect pinatas for the Make Fun of the Church crowd.

Sadly, nobody appears to be presenting a paper on how Einstein led to the priest abuse scandal. Sad. The Fall of the Pink Einstein is one of my favorite pieces of weirdness from Sungenis (who, by the way, loves to misquote Einstein in his obsession with Jews. Meanwhile, for a simple and elegant response from the Sanity-Based Community to the lunacy, I give you this.

Turns out the earth rotates:

I’m told some folks are going to the conference for giggles. I hope they write up their experience.