In an open letter to the Kansas school board Bobby Henderson asks that if the Christian theory (I use the term "theory" VERY loosely) of "Intelligent Design" (remember when it was called creationism?) is to be taught to children in Kansas schools, then his theory in which the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster should be included as well. Hopefully this example will show them the sheer folly of allowing strictly religious theories to be taught in any public school, as it will open the door for any other religious group to demand that their theory be taught as well.

My opinion about this whole issue is: Religious theories should never be taught in public schools. Ever. That is what churches/synagogues/mosques/temples are for. If you want your children to receive religious instruction while in school, then send them to a private school that offers it. This whole movement to get creationism taught in public schools is merely a thinly veiled attempt by certain religious groups whose only goal is to shove their beliefs down everyone else’s throat… Whether we want it, or not. Sad, but true.

He also offers another interesting theory:

You may be interested to know that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s. For your interest, I have included a graph of the approximate number of pirates versus the average global temperature over the last 200 years. As you can see, there is a statistically significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperature.

Global average temperature vs number of pirates

Hmmmm… It makes you think, doesn’t it? ;)