He came up with his own parodied theory of why objects stay on the ground. Some people might think that gravity is responsible for everything falling downward. But in reality, he said, it's just that God grabs an object as soon as it is released into free space, and moves it really quickly towards the ground. Then God, being all powerful, simply holds down all of the objects on the ground simultaneously and makes sure that they do not float away. It's because religion is a touchy subject to so many.
Science operates on a system of evidence and proof, while religion consists of blind faith.
Whether it is blind faith in creationism, or in Bumba, faith has no place in the public schools. This story was published on Tuesday, October 5, 1999. Read other stories in this issue. Return to our home page .