I love pro wrestling. I know it is fake, slightly homoerotic, sexist, and full of all kinds of other bad things, but maybe loving it is part of growing up in North Carolina. Of course after I got married I was no longer allowed to watch it, but my signed picture of Ric Flair still sits on my book shelf (over Nietzsche and the Niebuhr brothers I believe) reminding me of the good ole’ days when my Grandma would cook all my friends dinner, make a ton of junk food, and watch 4 hours of ripped men dancing in tights. (4 hours being the over lap of WCW’s Nitro & WWF Raw on Monday Night)
Any way, here’s an awesome video from religious dispatches in which ‘Wofford college professors Byron R. McCane and Dan Mathewson reveal how the equally toothless performances of New Atheists like Richard Dawkins and creationists like Ken Ham share more with the garish world of Hulk Hogan and the Iron Sheik than with serious scholarship.’
Enjoy!
Rasslin’ with Religion & Science from Religion Dispatches on Vimeo.
Great find! I give it five Ric Flair “WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO’s”