Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
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There are many gods which Christians reject. I just believe in one less god then they do. The reasons that you might give for your atheism toward the Roman gods are likely the same reasons I would give for not believing in Jesus.
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December 31, 2007
Category: Personal
I'm saying it a few hours early because when the clock ticks over to midnight I expect you all to be snogging or otherwise partying away, unless you're one of those sensible types who doesn't think having to get a...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:12 PM • 55 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
Yikes. More Florida school boards — in St Lucie, Palm Beach, and Martin counties — are infested with creationists. Florida Citizens for Science is maintaining a watch list. So…have you checked your local school board? Do you have creationists biding...
Posted by PZ Myers at 5:14 PM • 46 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism • Humor
It's those poor creation scientists....
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:38 PM • 24 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I've been slacking off on Pharyngula lately — I've had a week to relax and get caught up on a few other things. Here, though, are a few links to ridiculous religiosity that have been piling up in the mailbox....
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:51 PM • 66 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Humor
I must confess: I've always identified with Gomez....
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:12 AM • 31 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism • Evolution
That friend to the Discovery Institute and creationist advisor to the Vatican, Cardinal Schönborn, has a new book out, titled Chance or Purpose?. I haven't read it, but Michael Behe has, and Zeno finds a particularly delicious Behe blurb: Science...
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:31 AM • 164 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 30, 2007
Category: Religion
Elle Jacobson is a high school student who is skipping school because she's afraid of atheists. Some parents are joining in the fear, all because of one little incident: "This boy got up and his visual aid was a Bible...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:34 PM • 319 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
One of my Christmas presents was something just for fun: Superman: The Dailies 1939-1942(amzn/b&n/abe/pwll). It's a collection of the newspaper strips by Schuster and Siegel that were published in the earliest years of the superhero, and they're both funny and...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:21 PM • 81 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 29, 2007
Category: Politics
OK, 'fess up — some of you know that I thoroughly detest libertarianism, that reactionary political movement that seeks to elevate greed and selfishness as a ruling principle, and I suspect one of you got me a subscription to Reason...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:20 PM • 541 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
One little post about waterboarding seems to have stirred up the mob, but at least the majority seem to agree that it is torture. How could it not be? It's a process for causing pain and suffering, nothing more....
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:09 AM • 575 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 28, 2007
Category: Politics
Someone was willing to try waterboarding on himself — he was in complete control, but he still found it a terrifying experience. Now we just need to get all our representatives who claim it is not torture to try it...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:07 PM • 324 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
It's still Friday, isn't it? Some of you have noticed there was some screw-up in post scheduling, which has been fixed now…and here at last is the Friday Cephalopod. Sepia sp. Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by...
Posted by PZ Myers at 3:53 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism • Humor
From Cectic: Quote of the week: "Either the theory is wrong, or I'm just incredibly stupid." -Todd Friel on Evolution, from The Way of the Master Radio for 24 Dec. The first true utterance I've heard on that show since...
Posted by PZ Myers at 3:05 PM • 64 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Next time I'm told by some "scientific" racist that he has evidence backing up his contention that certain races are inferior, I'm just going to tell him that there is one more experiment he has to do....
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:27 AM • 310 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Weblogs
Jon Swift asked for various blogs to submit a "best of" post for his end-of-year list, and it's a clever way to get an idea of a blog's content and introduce yourself to some interesting blogs. My entry is a...
Posted by PZ Myers at 6:33 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
Denyse O'Leary is a very silly person, but you all knew that. One of her latest entries on her silly Design of Life blog, which purports to be promoting Dembski's silly book of the same name, is treading old ground....
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:28 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
