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Category: Science Education
But with a twist. A Republican sponsored bill required the teaching of Christian Religion ni the science class, but a Democratic Senator has added wording that will require science teachers to teach the origin stories of ALL of the religions. Legislators on Monday broadened a...
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Category: Creationism
Mike Haubrich, of Tangled Up in Blue Guy blog, has documented a discussion between a biologist, a commenter, and the Discovery Institute (a creationist "think" tank). No apes were harmed during this incident, but one of them may be rather embarrassed. It's quite intresting, have...
Posted by Greg Laden at 1:33 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science Education
I mention the New Hampshire anti-evolution bills at The X Blog. Here's an update from the NCSE:...
Posted by Greg Laden at 3:25 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science Education
The two antievolution bills on the horizon in New Hampshire have now been prefiled in the state House of Representatives. House Bill 1148, introduced by Jerry Bergevin (R-District 17), would charge the state board of education to "[r]equire evolution to be taught in the public...
Posted by Greg Laden at 5:16 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
Why we still have to take creationism seriously: Adventures in Defending Evolution:...
Posted by Greg Laden at 2:19 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books
Suppose you are an intelligent, thoughtful person with a thirst for information, a desire to be challenged, and a tendency to not accept received knowledge at face value. You are embedded in a traditional Christian culture where most of your family, your child's teachers and...
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:43 PM • 23 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
Sir David Attenborough: "Evolution is an extremely powerful idea that lies at the heart of biology. At the same time, it's a sufficiently simple concept that there's no good reason why it should be left out of the primary curriculum. If creationism is discussed, it...
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:24 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Michele Bachmann
She's running for president, so this is important....
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Category: Creationism
Apparently, when you make a movie, there's this box of stuff left over that someone has to own. It can include things like the original unedited film/video, from which the director and editors selected/cherry picked what they wanted to include, as well as various correspondences...
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:30 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Evolution
There's been a fair amount of talk about the Miss USA interview question "should evolution be taught in schools," and a fair amount of attention given to the answers provided by the contestants. For the most part, people have gotten mad at these women because...
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:35 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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