Reverend Max explores the inevitable path of the evangelical right's battle to teach "intelligent design theory" in public schools- namely, creationism divested of its outward appearance of religious affiliation, a move that could open a literal Pandora's box of alternate explanations of the origin and development of life on earth. Reasoning that our current situation could only be the work of incompetence, he offers the ancient Gnostic creation story, wherein the universe as we know it is a messy prison built by bumbling archons, as an educational alternative.

See also: Recycling creationist tactics