Truth and the Devil

PZ Myers has come up with a brilliant analogy for evolution skeptics and promoters of intelligent design.

My kitchen sink has a problem. Something has broken inside th Moen faucet, so that the handle is loose and only marginall effective. I’m thinking I should run down to the hardware store and get new faucet assembly, and get under the sink with a pipe wrench. I shouldn’t be too difficult

Right away, I run into an obstacle. I get down to the basement to fetch my wrench, and there’s one of the local ministers sitting on the toolbox. “Have you tried the incredible power of prayer yet, son?” he asked. I said no, of course not. I’m trying to fix a broken faucet. And then he gave me one of those pitying looks and tried to convince me that not only could Jesus fix my faucet, he would give me wine on tap. So I told him to get his fat ass off my toolbox and out of my house, and he stomped off.
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Next stop, the hardware store. The local school board is standing in front of the door, trying to block my entry. When I asked why they were interfering with me, one said, “Two thousand years ago, someone died on a cross. Can’t someone take a stand for him?” I had no idea that Jesus died for plumbing, but I didn’t care, either. I went on in.

Please read the rest, it’s really quite a good analogy for the intelligent design debate.