Thursday, April 30, 2015

Meanwhile, Out in Sunny California...

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In the public school district of San Luis Obispo, a teacher has been reprimanded for bringing up creationism in a science class.  Kaytlyn Le...

A Geologist Reminds Us That Evolution is Not The Only Obstacle to Young Earth Creationism

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The focus of the debate on science and creationism has largely been on evolution and that is what you find most of on sites like AiG and the...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Update on the Trouble in Massachusetts: People Respond

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MassLive ran a follow-up story on the Holyoke controversy involving the creationism debate, after hundreds of people wrote letters. Here ar...

Trouble in Massachusetts

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Nestled in the small town of Holyoke, Mass. is a controversy over the proper role of scientific debate.  Mike Plaisance of MassLive (a congl...
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Very, Very Busy. Back to it now.

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I have been extraordinarily busy and have not had a chance to finish up any posts.  Back to it, hopefully.
Monday, April 06, 2015

AU, Baptist Ministers Seek to Intervene in Ark Encounter Suit Against Kentucky

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Baptist News is reporting that two Baptist ministers have joined forces with Americans United for Separation of Church and State to interve...
Sunday, April 05, 2015

New Dates For Little Foot Push It Back to Au. afarensis Time-Period

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On the heels of the Ledi jaw dates for early Homo at 2.8 million years ago, and the corresponding tentative conclusion that only Au. afaren...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Is This Really a Good Idea?

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Resurrecting the Giants: Wooly Mammoth DNA Successfully Inserted into Elephant Genetic Code Apex Tribune is running a story about work out...
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Monday, March 30, 2015

Elizabeth Mitchell, David Menton and Andrew Snelling Take on the Ledi Jaw

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As noted, the promised report from Answers in Genesis about the Ledi jaw (LD 350-1) is out.  Let's see what they say.  This is an inter...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Salamander From Hell

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On the heels of the walking crododile from hell, we now have a car-sized salamander from a lake bed in Portugal.  The animal, named Metopos...
Monday, March 23, 2015

The Headline Says it All

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Republicans fire 2016 starting gun at Christian college that teaches world is 6,000 years old It didn't take the media long to latch ...
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Friday, March 20, 2015

Ken Ham and Asteroids

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Leave it to Ken Ham to take a science excursion into the “what if?” and ruin it. The Inquisitr is reporting on Ham's response to a new...
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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Crocodile From Hell, Part II

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And I thought this guy was bad.  Now a 9-foot tall “walking crocodile” has been found from late Triassic deposits, around 230 million years...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Todd Wood: Intro to Origins

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The Core Academy has just finished putting together its Intro to Origins series of classes.  The topics are varied, including a discussion ...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Another View From Canada: Saner Heads

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In an unsigned editorial in the National Post, the editors write: “ Judge politicians by their actions, not their religion. ” The editors po...

Ark Encounter Asks Judge for Injunction

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In a very short AP article, it is being reported that the Ark Encounter is asking the judge involved in the suit that it filed in February ...
Sunday, March 15, 2015

Some Thoughts on American Fundamentalism from Across the Border

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There is currently a kerfuffle going on in Canada, regarding the new Alberta Education Minister and his position on biological evolution.  J...
Saturday, March 14, 2015

Kent Hovind Guilty of Contempt of Court

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Peter J. Reilly at Forbes, who has kept up-to-date on the trials and tribulations of Kent Hovind, reports that a jury has found him guilty o...
Friday, March 13, 2015

Neandertals Hunted Eagles, Wore Talons as Jewelry

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Nature News is reporting that a find of bone adornments was unearthed at the Krapina Neandertal site over 100 years ago but not recognized a...

New BioLogos Post on LD 350-1

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My post on the new fossil find in the Afar Triangle is up over at BioLogos.  This is a very, very important find because it stretches our o...