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More bad news from Louisiana
Posted by Greg Laden on October 2, 2009 The Louisiana Science Education Act opened the door for creationism to be taught in the state’s public schools, and now the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is propping the door open, the Louisiana Coalition for Science charges. In a September 28, 2009, press release, the LCS noted, “On September 16, the Board of Elementary…
Saudi Cleric: Drop Evolution from the Curriculum
Posted by Greg Laden on October 2, 2009 The Medieval Religious State of Saudi Arabia has a school called King Abdullah’s University of Science and Technology, which is co-ed (that is an extraordinarily progressive idea for Teh Kingdom) and very science oriented. The idea, obviously, is for Saudi Arabia to maintain it’s old patriarchal relgious-oligarchic ways but at the same time not get…
Who is your creator?
Posted by Greg Laden on October 1, 2009 You’ve heard of Who is Your Creator. I first discussed them back on Oh Six. Then, they came up again in Oh Seven. Then we heard from them more recently: New Creationist Videos Being Produced in Area High School. When I contacted them to ask about what high school was producing the creationist videos, I…
The Scientific Case for Intelligent Design
Posted by Greg Laden on September 30, 2009 A lecture, by Dr. Don Bierle of FaithSearch International…. Sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ at UW-Superior. Dr. Bierle is a “former skeptic” and everything. Location: Kathryn Ohman Theater, McCaskill Hall U. Wisconsin-Superior Superior, WI 54880 10/04/2009 · 07:00 PM – 09:00 PM · (715) 394-8320
Creation (the movie) Now Has US Distributor
Posted by Greg Laden on September 24, 2009 The new film about Darwin, Creation, will be distributed in the United States after all, according to a story in the Hollywood Reporter (September 24, 2009). The film is expected to be released by Newmarket Films in December 2009. Earlier the producer of the film, Jeremy Thomas, lamented to the Telegraph (September 11, 2009), “It…
Origin of Stupididty
Posted by Greg Laden on September 22, 2009 TenderThunderfoot’s Bitch Writes Darwin’s Book. Hat Tip: Davem
Kirk Cameron: “An entire generation brainwashed by atheistic evolution”
Posted by Greg Laden on September 20, 2009 Yay!!! Wooohooo!! Yipeeeee!!!! OK, let’s see what Kirk has to say about it:
Poll: Should educators be fined or jailed for offering prayer in public schools?
Posted by Greg Laden on September 18, 2009 WPTV.COM has a poll asking “Should educators be fined or jailed for offering prayer in public schools?” and the possible answers are “yes” and “no.” Which I guess means they are not really asking an “either/or” question although it is worded that way. Anyway, this relates to THIS STORY about people who work for a…
Why are most Americans creationists?
Posted by Greg Laden on September 17, 2009 We know there is a link between education, church going behavior, and the inability or unwillingness to accept that evolution is real and that humans evolved. But what exactly is the relationship? I think the following diagram includes the correct answer, but I’m not sure which one it is:
This film is being kept out of US theaters
Posted by Greg Laden on September 13, 2009 … Or so I’m told. Chris Holmlund says of “Creation” in an email: “The film was chosen to open the Toronto Film Festival and has its British premiere on Sunday. It has been sold in almost every territory around the world, from Australia to Scandinavia. However, US distributors have resolutely passed on a film which…
The Blogginheads.tv Controversy
Posted by Greg Laden on September 7, 2009 Since the bloggingheads “diavlog” with David Dobbs and me was the first science-oriented installment to come out (more or less) since the repudiation of Bloggingheads.tv by Carl Zimmer and Sean Carrol, and now Phil Plait and PZ Myers, I think I should say something about why I did it and what I think about the…
Blogginheads and the Creationists
Posted by Greg Laden on September 6, 2009 You may recall that a few days ago, Carl Zimmer posted a discussion of an issue that came up on Bloggingheads TV recently. Apparently, on two separate occasions, bloggingheads ended up entertaining obnoxious discussions by creationists during what otherwise would have been science time. Well, I don’t know if they were actually obnoxious but I…
Back to school: Books on Creationism
Posted by Greg Laden on August 26, 2009 If you are a teacher or a parent you may find some of these books especially useful to: a) prepare yourself; b) give to your child’s teacher or a colleague; or c) give to a school administrator. Seriously. Each link is to a review of the book to help you decide if you are interested.
Creationism/Evolution blog posts, etc.
Posted by Greg Laden on August 14, 2009 The following are links to selected posts on this blog that are related to science education or the evolution-creationism ‘debate.’
Chris Comer Appeals Creationism Related Ruling
Posted by Greg Laden on August 13, 2009 Chris Comer was the Director of Science with the Texas Educaiton Agency until she was forced to resign in November of 2007. That happened because she disseminated information about an upcoming talk that would likely be critical of creationism. She was fired because the TEA (hee hee he said …. “tea”) claimed a “neutrality” policy…
Whack-Job Creationist Running for Mayor in Tulsa
Posted by Greg Laden on August 12, 2009 Well, I spent the morning with a wonderful group of Middle and High School teacher committed to doing an excellent job of teaching evolution in their classrooms. Then, I go check my email and I’ve got a similar number of people sending me this story about a person who could be the next mayor of…
What to do with Bible thumping students
Posted by Greg Laden on August 12, 2009 …. Have you ever had this happen: You are minding your own business, teaching your life science course, it’s early in the term. A student, on the way out after class (never at the beginning of class, rarely during class) mentions something about “carbon dating.” This usually happens around the time of year you are…
State science standards under attack
Posted by Greg Laden on August 11, 2009 Hot off the presses from the NCSE:
Free Admission to the Creation Museum
Posted by Greg Laden on August 10, 2009 As you know, PZ Myers and a well behaved group of just over three hundred interested skeptics visited the Creation Museum in Kentucky last week. One result of this visit is an epic post by PZ which pretty much obviates any need to actually to go to the museum yourself. If you are a student…
304 non-believers visit creation museum, don’t cause much fuss
Posted by Greg Laden on August 8, 2009 A group of scientists, students and secularists — 304 in all — visited Petersburg, Kentucky on Friday to tour exhibits on display at the Creation Museum. The visitors are in town attending a conference of the Secular Student Alliance, a group formed “to organize, unite, educate and serve students and student communities that promote the…
The Creozerg Visit to the Creation Musuem
Posted by Greg Laden on August 8, 2009 I wish I coulda been there … by all accounts it sounds like the Creozerg visit to the Creation Museum went well. A couple of kids were thrown out because they said things or whatever, which is good because it shows that the whole point of the creation museum is to express, secure, and protect…
It is happening: CreoZerg Moves In
Posted by Greg Laden on August 7, 2009 The CreoZerg (and I’m not entirely sure what a Creo-Zerg is) is underway. PZ Myers and the atheists are moving in to the creation museum. Details here. Twittering here.
The problem with appeasement of creationists is …
Posted by Greg Laden on August 5, 2009 ..that even when you try diligently to separate the politics of religion vs. creationism and to say again and again that religion can go along its merry way as long as it stays out of the science classroom, people like Casey Luskin will still find the words in your rhetoric to accuse you of attacking…
Creationist Novel linked to Expelled! to be released shortly
Posted by Greg Laden on August 4, 2009 The ‘documentary’ (or, actually, “stupidumentary”) Expelled! No intelligence allowed … bla bla bla … coordinated with this release will be a novel called Fossil Hunter, by John Olson (obviously a made up name) … bla bla bla … which is about a scientist who is maligned and harassed by the rest of the scientific community…
Expelled redux? Creationists Misrepresent Historians
Posted by Greg Laden on July 24, 2009 From the NCSE: Three historians of science are unhappy about their treatment in a creationist movie about Darwin, as they explain in a note in the July 2009 Newsletter of the History of Science Society. Peter Bowler, Janet Browne, and Sandra Herbert write, “We have recently been featured in a documentary film, ‘The Voyage that…
Qdragon pwns Discovery Institute
Posted by Greg Laden on July 15, 2009 Hat Tip ERV Liars lying lies!!!!!!!!!
Accommodationists and New Atheists Sail in the Same Boat
Posted by Greg Laden on July 9, 2009 … In which I narrow the gulf between two allied factions enough that with a running start you can jump across … maybe.
Have you heard of Charles Darwin?
Posted by Greg Laden on July 1, 2009 If so, and if you are an American, you are in the majority. But 16% of your fellow Americans have not. If you are a citizen of the UK, where Darwin lived and stuff, 9% of your fellow citizens have not. Shocking. These are perhaps the least noticed but in my view most amazing results…
Genie Scott Gets The Gould!!!!
Posted by Greg Laden on May 27, 2009 Eugenie Scott, head of the National Center for Science Education, has been awarded the Stephen Jay Gould Prize. From the press release:
New Creationist Videos Being Produced in Area High School
Posted by Greg Laden on May 27, 2009 This just in: Dear Greg, We are excited about our new public service campaign and it should be fully implemented within a month. Here’s the scoop: This Thursday, May 28th, we will be at a local high school to tape 3 presentations that will cover the following topics: – Fossil Evidence – The Truth about…
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