08 September 2007

Edited for television

I have, over the years spent a great deal of time, possibly years, in the Netherlands but don't think I ever noticed Evangelische Omroep (Evangelical Broadcasting) on the television. It seems that they have been showing Sir David Attenborough's BBC series The Life of Mammals and cutting all the bits that refer to evolution, relationships between humans and other primates and the age of the planet Earth. This would be like editing the Bible to omit the bits that say it is OK to sleep with your daughters or own slaves, as long as they are from other tribes, or that adulterers and unbelievers should be stoned to death. Oh, I forgot, they already do that.

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