Pastor Rick Warren, author of the best-selling Purpose Driven Life, vehemently denied reports today from the Syrian Arab News Agency that quoted

“Giant kangaroos and wombats bigger than cars which once roamed Australia were killed by climate change and not human hunters,” Reuters reported this week.

“This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered.”

After Democrats seized Congress in the mid-term elections this month, the mainstream media grabbed the opportunity to gloat over Republican losses. Conservatism, personified, in their opinion, by President Bush, and supported by evangelical voters, bore the brunt of defeat. Pro-life representatives were ousted.