Morons in the News: Not Thermal Problems, but God Caused Shuttle Breakup

There’s a sad, pathetic trend toward once again explaining the yet-unexplained by saying “God did it” rather than looking to science for answers about scientific problems… [Morons Dot Org]

These days we don’t know where the next terrorist strike will be or when the next equipment failure might take down an airplane or spacecraft, but one thing is certain: somebody’s going to blame it on the ACLU or declare that God him/herself was responsible. After the recent incident with the space shuttle, not only were we treated to Fred Phelps and his warped agenda, we also heard from two other morons in a most predictable fashion.