More religious idiocy
Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi caused outrage and raised eyebrows around the world last week when he blamed earthquakes on scantily clad women rather than the movement of the earth's tectonic plates.
Now women are being urged to put that theory to the test by donning low cut tops and short shorts on Monday April 26 to see if they can spark a tremor.
The campaign to trigger a 'Boobquake' was begun by American student Jennifer McCreight who has so far got 40,000 people to sign up to the idea on a special Facebook page (where another 150,000 have been invited) and has attracted a large following on Twitter.
She decided to take action after reading Sedighi's comments last Friday, when he told a prayer meeting: "Many women who do not dress modestly... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes."
He went on to ask. "What can we do to avoid being buried under the rubble? There is no other solution but to take refuge in religion and to adapt our lives to Islam's moral codes."
Yeah, there are other solutions. Put down the quran and pick up some science text books, you imbecile.
How can not believing in something that is backed up with no empirical evidence be less scientific than believing in something that not only has no empirical evidence but actually goes against the laws of the universe and in many cases actually contradicts itself? - Ricky Gervais
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Well, I will support
Well, I will support anything that tends to result in an increase in scantily clad women. However, this one is probably not going to work precisely because of the religious idiocy factor.
The problem here is that while we hear about big earthquakes when they happen, the earth is constantly rumbling at a low level. If there is a statistical fluctuation in the low level mini-quakes over the weekend, then the idiot cleric has an automatic basis for a further claim. Not that I would expect the guy to have any awareness of scientific matters but if any of his followers do, then confirmation bias can kick in and word can work it's way up through that community.
So yah, fewer Richter level 1 quakes over the weekend and a decent uptick in the same on Monday could easily be exactly what we don't want.
Even so, I am off on Monday and there is a nice park across the street from my local State University campus. Care to guess where I will be bringing a bag lunch? While I am at it, the local public library is only a couple of blocks away. Do you think it would be too obvious if I was to spend some time “reading” a decent book on plate tectonics?
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