{"id":10879,"date":"2012-12-18T09:05:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T14:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=10879"},"modified":"2012-12-18T09:05:45","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T14:05:45","slug":"have-an-intelligently-designed-creationmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/12\/have-an-intelligently-designed-creationmas.html","title":{"rendered":"Have an Intelligently-Designed Creationmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Here\u2019s a spoof version of a classic Christmas carol that I wrote some years ago<\/a>, sarcastically and satirically highlighting what happens when fundamentalists shift the focus of their Christianity from God and Jesus onto other matters such as the age of the earth:<\/p>\n

We wish you a Merry Creationmas<\/p>\n

We wish you a Merry Creationmas<\/p>\n

We wish you a Merry Creationmas<\/p>\n

And a happy new year (the first of which was less than 10,000 years ago)<\/p>\n

\"\"Don\u2019t stop at the manger<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t stay at the cross<\/p>\n

On your way to creation \u2013<\/p>\n

Or you might just get lost!<\/p>\n

We wish you an intelligently-designed Creationmas<\/p>\n

We wish you an intelligently-designed Creationmas<\/p>\n

We wish you an intelligently-designed Creationmas<\/p>\n

And an irreducibly complex new year!<\/p>\n

All cdesign proponentsists<\/p>\n

Be ye of good cheer:<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be changing our name again<\/p>\n

Within the next year!<\/p>\n

We wish you a Merry Creationmas<\/p>\n

We wish you a Merry Creationmas<\/p>\n

We wish you a Merry Creationmas<\/p>\n

And a happy new year (no need to acknowledge other calendars)<\/p>\n

Just drive your big cars<\/p>\n

With us you\u2019ll get far<\/p>\n

We deny global warming \u2013<\/p>\n

Not just the distance to stars!<\/p>\n

We wish you a Merry Creationmas<\/p>\n

(is it me or is it getting warm in here?)<\/p>\n

We wish you a Merry Creationmas<\/p>\n

(Wow, no snow yet? Huh!)<\/p>\n

We wish you a Merry Creationmas<\/p>\n

(Gee, is that a Tsunami?)<\/p>\n

And a happy\u2026RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And here\u2019s an image of what else can go wrong when creationism and Christmas meet, courtesy of IO9<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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