Creationism in America & Europe permlink
Category: Creationism
So I'm reading/hearing about something flaring up in Texas again in regards to Creationism. I always get these strange "articles" in my RSS for the "evolution" query on Google Alerts where an uninformed columnist rambles on how the theory has...
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Posted by Razib at 11:56 AM • 13 Comments •
Which religious groups are Creationist? permlink
Category: Evolution
Pew has the numbers: The main surprise here are Mormons. I knew that they had become much more Creationist over the past 3 generations due to their identification with conservative Protestants, but I didn't know that it went this far....
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Posted by Razib at 1:52 PM • 38 Comments •
Cross-cultural comparison of evolution & God permlink
Category: Creationism
Acceptance of Evolution & belief in God, over at Secular Right. Here's my conclusion: ... In any case, I think the two observations I would make is that Roman Catholicism's acceptance of evolution shows, as those nations tend to be...
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Posted by Razib at 1:27 AM • 1 Comments •
Acceptance of human evolution due to ideology, not intelligence permlink
Category: Creationism
During a conversation with Nick Matzke he asserted that Creationists weren't less intelligent necessarily. I contended that they were less intelligent. I based on this on snooping through the GSS when I was posting about the association between lower educational...
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Posted by Razib at 6:24 AM • 18 Comments •
Conservatives & Creationism permlink
Category: Creationism
I was browsing RedState today and I noticed an advertisement for the National Geographic special on the Neandertal genome. At first I was surprised at the appearance of this on a right-wing website; after all, there is a bias toward...
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Posted by Razib at 8:30 PM • 15 Comments •
Bobby Jindal: Creationist (???)...Politician!!!! permlink
Category: Creationism
I have already posted on Creationism & Bobby Jindal. Here's more: As a parent, when my kids go to schools, when they go to public schools, I want them to be presented with the best thinking. I want them to...
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Posted by Razib at 3:17 PM • 5 Comments •
"Harun Yahya" goes to jail? permlink
Category: Creationism
Via The Corner, Turkish Islamic author given 3-year jail sentence: Controversial Turkish Islamic author Adnan Oktar was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday for creating an illegal organization for personal gain, state-run Anatolian news agency said. ... Oktar,...
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Jim Manzi on Expelled permlink
Category: Creationism
Show Me the Science....
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Posted by Razib at 11:27 AM • 17 Comments •
Ben Stein is a barbarian? permlink
Category: Creationism
John Derbyshire has a long column excoriating Ben Stein and the Discovery Institute titled A Blood Libel on Our Civilization:...
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Posted by Razib at 1:36 PM • 25 Comments •
Expelled, success or not? permlink
Category: Creationism
Chris Mooney is claiming Expelled is a box office success. Documentaries don't make a very big splash typically, but whatever you think about the impact of Expelled, the fact that Fahrenheit 9/11 will go down as a much bigger success...
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Posted by Razib at 11:55 PM • 12 Comments •