Intelligent Design
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New Anti-Evolution Pro-Fundy Christian Book, Reviewed
Posted by Greg Laden on April 21, 2010 C.E. Cupp is Ann Coulter before the bottle-blond crap is poured on her head, but maybe slightly less vile.1 She just came out with a new book: Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media’s Attack on Christianity, which explains everything you had wrong if you were a progressive liberal in the education business. The book even…
Alert: Evolution Suppressed in Connecticut
Posted by Greg Laden on April 14, 2010 “Mr. Tangarone, a 17-year veteran of the Weston school system, claims that a program he wanted to teach about Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln was rejected by the school administration because it involved teaching evolution — the scientific theory that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor.”
Intelligent Design’s Legal Status after Dover
Posted by Greg Laden on April 2, 2010 First, there was plain and simple creationism, a Christian idea that, in an ideal Christian world, would be taught as part of any science dealing with the past, including biology (evolution), geology, and presumably history. But the constitution stood in the way of implementing basic Christian teachings in public schools in the United States, though…
Blast from the Past: Genie Scott on “Headlines on Trial”
Posted by Greg Laden on March 29, 2010 Science proves that God created everything out of nothing.
Posted by Greg Laden on March 13, 2010 Accoring to Aubrea Wagner, the 17 year old winner of the Christian World View essay contest in which students were asked to write an essay on the following theme:
Texas Textbook Controversy on Nightline
Posted by Greg Laden on March 12, 2010 Fundamentalist Christian dentist promotes drastic curriculum change. Click here then click “Texas Textbook Controversy part way down the middle column.
First Annual Upchucky Awards Announced!!!
Posted by Greg Laden on March 3, 2010 Which creationist was the most nauseating? From the NCSE:
There is a small difference between Har Mar and Har Har
Posted by Greg Laden on February 10, 2010 Har Mar is a funny little shopping mall in Roseville Minnesota. It is the home of the annual Twin Cities Creation Science Science Fair. Sometimes we visit the science fair, but it is not to laugh at the students….
Courts allow University of California to reject credit for Creationist High School courses
Posted by Greg Laden on February 7, 2010 A federal appellate court has ruled against a Christian school in Murrieta which had sued the University of California over its refusal to accept high school courses that rely on the Bible as the unerring source of truth. Details here. Next step: Homeschoolers! (Hat tip: August Berkshire)
Will Minnesota Standards Allow Creationism in the Classroom?
Posted by Greg Laden on January 26, 2010 The following story is current, but the issue is not new. But interesting. … Science standards for Minnesota schools are about to be set for the next six years. Is the battle to keep pseudoscience out of our classrooms over? Sadly the door has been cracked open for intelligent design, an idea with no real…
What to do with Bible thumping students (a repost)
Posted by Greg Laden on January 5, 2010 …. 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…
Ray Comfort Stole Someone Else’s Text for his Origin Intro!!!
Posted by Greg Laden on December 13, 2009 This is the problem with Christians. They think they have a special pass to do whatever they want as long as it done in the name of their god. Now don’t get me wrong here. The average Christian does not think he or she is above the law on a day to day basis. But…
My baby was designed by god just like a banana
Posted by Greg Laden on December 1, 2009 When my baby nurses from his mom, he can see her face and bond with her because he was designed to do so by god. Like how a banana is designed by god to fit comfortably in the hand for eating, or maybe just carrying around. What am I talking about?
Reflections on the Origin of Species
Posted by Greg Laden on November 24, 2009 The The Origin Of Species by Charles Darwin was published 150 years go as I write this. At the time, several different alternative theories of the origin and history of life were being discussed in the West. Some of these theories were theological. Theological ideas included a literal translation of the bible, with the flora,…
Bergman vs. Myers Debate: Should Intelligent Design be Taught in The Schools?
Posted by Greg Laden on November 17, 2009 Bergman gave the argument FOR Intelligent Design, and Myers gave the argument AGAINST.
Check out the new Charles Darwin Cooking Show
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2009 I believe they are trying to keep it secret, but that’s Robert Luhn swinging around the big knife while raging about Ray Comfort: The source of this video is the new NCSE Don’t Dis Drwin site, HERE.
NCSE Responds to Ray Comfort
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2009 Tomorrow, the NCSE will release a response to Ray Comfort’s tricked-out version of Darwin’s Origin of Species. I got a sneak preview of the web site and if you are good, I can let you see it too. (a GLB exclusive!)
Astonishingly, Sarah Palin does Not Believe in Evolution …
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2009 In Going Rogue: An American Life Sarah Palin make sthe claim that she does not believe in evolution. She has not been so straightfoward in the past on this topic, according to think progress. …she talks about creationism, saying she “didn’t believe in the theory that human beings — thinking, loving beings — originated from…
Please have a look at the MnCSE web site
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2009 MnCSE stands for Minnesota Citizens for Science Education. If you are a Minnesotan, this will of course be of direct interest to you. If you are interested in science education issues (read: defending our children against the onslaught of the Creashunist Foes!!!1!!) then you will find it to be a model example of a state-wide…
Islamic Creationism in the News
Posted by Greg Laden on November 7, 2009 From the NCSE:
Eugenie Scott Tackles Modified Origin Book
Posted by Greg Laden on November 6, 2009 From the NCSE:
Messing Up Darwin’s Origin
Posted by Greg Laden on November 3, 2009 Please do me a favor. Start collecting those bogus-ized copies of Darwin’s Origin being distributed by Ray Comfort. We’re low on firewood up at the cabin. Oh, and if you see Ray, puke on his shoes for me, OK? It’s not that I like burning books. But this is not burning books. When Ray Comfort…
Dawkins on O’Really
Posted by Greg Laden on October 11, 2009 Hat Tip Julia
How to teach evolution in the college classroom
Posted by Greg Laden on October 9, 2009 An item from the NCSE:
Los Angeles Venue Cancels Intelligent Design Film
Posted by Greg Laden on October 9, 2009 You’ll recall that it was recently reported that the Californial Science Center, which is loosely affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution, had planned a screening of “Darwin’s Dilemma: The Mystery of the Cambrian Fossil Record” which is apparently a creationist documentary. Well, now, the venue has cancelled the showing and the ID people are all lathered…
The latest on evolution from the Vatican
Posted by Greg Laden on October 9, 2009 A recently published statement on current scientific knowledge on cosmic evolution and biological evolution from the Pontifical Academy of Sciences concludes: “The extraordinary progress in our understanding of evolution and the place of man in nature should be shared with everyone. … Furthermore, scientists have a clear responsibility to contribute to the quality of education,…
Massachusetts Bill To Push Creationism Into Schools?
Posted by Greg Laden on October 9, 2009 This just in from the NCSE:
Genie Scott Wins Major Award!!!
Posted by Greg Laden on October 8, 2009 This just in: Eugenie Scott, Executive Director of the NCSE, has won the California Academy of Sciences Fellows Medal. This is somewhere between an Oscar and a Nobel. Congratulations Genie!!! Details…
Cell Signals and Creationism
Posted by Greg Laden on October 8, 2009 Lately, creationist rhetoric seems to increasingly mention the idea that if scientists really understood evolution, life, and biology, then why don’t they just create it themselves, as a kind of proof of concept? This rhetoric usually includes a statement like: “They can’t even create a simple cell … ”
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