Here's a fascinating new contribution to scholarship. It's called Conservapedia. Trips off the tongue, doesn't it?

Conservapedia is a much-needed alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American, it says. It reproduces a reasonable facsimile of the Wikipedia front page, but doesn't have the logo with the globe. Perhaps the roundness of it upsets them. Today in history (renamed from Wikipedia's On this day) covers March 2 to March 7. Five of the six entries refer to events in American history. Presumably any less than five sixths of world history would reflect an anti-American bias.

Here are some rather wonderful little snippets from their piece on kangaroos.

Kangaroos are the largest Marsupials alive today. They currently are native to the continent of Australia.

Currently? Oh, please read on.

Their legs are strong and powerful, designed by God for leaping.

Which is certainly more than I am. It's perhaps a rather striking claim for an encyclopaedia though.

According to the origins model used by creation scientists, modern kangaroos, like all modern animals, originated in the Middle East and are the descendants of the two founding members of the modern kangaroo baramin that were taken aboard Noah's Ark prior to the Great Flood.

Um, OK. What's a baramin, exactly?

A baramin is a lineage of earthly life which is believed by creationists to be created by God during the Creation Week, and corresponds in some functional aspects to the secular concept of species.

Ah. Wait, there's more.

Also according to creation science, after the Flood, kangaroos bred from the Ark passengers migrated to Australia. There is debate whether this migration happened over land -- as Australia was still for a time connected to the Middle East before the supercontinent of Pangea broke apart -- or if they rafted on mats of vegetation torn up by the receding flood waters.

It's certainly a relief to know that such a journey is still subject to debate. The weird thing is the way they accept continental drift, but still cling to a six thousand year timespan. How fast do they think continents move? At that rate Scotland will get to Preston in our lifetime.

It's just embarrassing, obviously, like your grandma trying to join in a conversation about the Clash. Still, it may offer us an opportunity for some fun. I've registered with them, and I'm going to try and insert some thoughtful edits. Watch this space.