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Carnivalia, and an open thread

Category: Carnivals • Open Thread
Posted on: September 29, 2006 9:18 AM, by PZ Myers

We've harvested a fine collection of links this week:

Circus of the Spineless #25 (there's a tattoo parlor I want to visit!)
I and the Bird #33
Carnival of Education #86
Skeptics' Circle #44
Friday Ark #106
Carnival of the Liberals #22

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Posted by: quork | September 29, 2006 9:54 AM

State Dept. defames octopi

Funky art on show at the fried octopus ball museum

Octopus opens safe

Posted by: Pharma Bawd | September 29, 2006 11:01 AM

"Being a Christian is no Excuse for Being Stupid."

Posted by: quork | September 29, 2006 2:08 PM

Henry Cummings writes to the Secretary of Education

Dear Secretary Spellings:
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Hello. This is the about the tenth time that I have written you and/or the US Department of Education. I've been writing you since last October in 2005, and you have not responded. Please do not "delegate" my correspondence to anyone else.
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I have been asking the US Dept of Education to send a "Certificate of Completion" to each public school science teacher that successfully completes a 12-hour course called "Moses & Creation: Biblical Reality". The persons at the Education Dept that responded have only given weak excuses, in an attempt to discourage this effort, and keep the "status quo".
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This course trains science teachers about the true scientific information found in the biblical book of Genesis concerning the history of life on Earth, and does not teach them about "Biblical Creation". The first two chapters of Genesis are telling mankind about the rise and demise of various life forms on Earth since Creation Week, which was 4.6 billion years ago according to the geologist. It's their call to make.
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The exclusive teaching of evolution indoctrinates students into the belief system of Atheism, which denies the existence of a Supreme Being. By only teaching evolution, science teachers are actually teaching the tenets of Atheism, which is what the atheists want. The only way to balance that is to have the same person also teach the correct synopsis of early Genesis.
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Posted by: Mena | September 29, 2006 3:24 PM

Is anyone else finding irony in the torture bill that passed the House being H.R. 6166? It has something for the people who think that the number of the beast is 666 *and* those who think that it's 616. It would be funny if it was in fact something that there was something to be amused about in this situation.

Posted by: Alon Levy | September 29, 2006 8:18 PM

Can I nominate the entire Democratic Party for the next Carnival of the Spineless because of its halfhearted opposition to the torture parade ("Okay, torture everyone you want, but not American citizens")?

Posted by: Akari House | September 29, 2006 11:10 PM

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2342599,00.html

Interesting take on "superstition is evolved behavior" premise, I thought.

Posted by: drew hempel | September 30, 2006 9:23 PM

Nanobiomotors -- start blogging on it.

Posted by: j | September 30, 2006 9:48 PM

I'm reading a book that an evangelical friend concerned about my salvation has lent me. It's called Bible Doctrine, and it's unbearably illogical.

Posted by: Testing | November 6, 2006 5:39 AM

Testing the link limit...

http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CB/CB310.html

http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CB/CB301.html

http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CB/CB302.html

http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CB/CB010.html

http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CB/CB110.html