Literally, and I mean literally nothing surprises me anymore about this election cycle.

— James Koloski (@jkoloski) August 28, 2014

 

How about a candidate for Providence Mayor, Jorge O. Elorza, who claims he can prove that it is “overwhelmingly unlikely that the theist God exists”…

I believe there is sufficient evidence to refer to the competing theory, a world without the theist God, as accurate enough—infact, extremely accurate—so that we may call it correct/true.

…and, therefore, it’s OK for public schools to teach that a “theist God” doesn’t exist…

By revealing the underlying constitutional concerns, I show that teaching the non-existence of a theist God may successfully avoid any constitutional pitfalls.

As far as I can tell, by “theist God”, Elorza means a God who exists outside of the human mind (see the end of the footnote on page 72).

By the end, Elorza’s argument becomes liberal self-parody. He believes that it’s not a violation of “separation of church and state” for the state to teach one version of God and religion — as long as it’s the right one, which just happens to coincide with the version he believes in!