Monday, September 29, 2008

Oktar Offers Prize for Evidence of Evolution

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Turkish creationist Adnan Oktar has offered a prize of ten trillion (that's 10 zeroes!) Turkish Lira for fossil evidence of evolution. ...
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More Controversy Surrounding Toumai

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Expatica has an article which details the new round of name-calling with regard to the fossil known as Toumai. The article notes: Toumai...

Deeply Ingrained...

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So, I am sitting in my Sunday School class, which is on parenting and we are discussing the roles of men and women. Then this verse popped ...
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Friday, September 26, 2008

The Sneer Review: "Darwin Exposed."

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This came up a bit back and now dovetails nicely into the post on Harun Yahya. It is a " letter " from Charles Darwin to Adolf Hi...

How The University Came To Be

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The Times Higher Education Supplement has a newsletter called the Poppletonian, run by Laurie Taylor. In this week's release, she has t...

Harun Yahya: All Terrorists are Darwinists

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Der Spiegel has interviewed Harun Yahya, a.k.a. Adnan Oktar, the prominent Muslim creationist. The opening question about why scientists ac...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

Roger Ebert on Creationism

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Roger Ebert has branched out in a column for the Chicago Tribune on creationism. It has been called satire by at least one writer and, on...
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Texas Fights Back

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According to Education Week, a review committee of teachers and academics has drafted proposals that would remove the "strengths and we...
Monday, September 22, 2008

Where There is no Separation...

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Sometimes there is something to be said for how our founding fathers set things up. The Guardian reports from Turkey where : A Turkish cour...

Chicago Rabbis Back Teaching of Evolution

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The Chicago Tribune reports on a letter drafted by David Oler in Deerfield that supports the teaching of evolution in public schools. The ...

Carol Hunt on ID and Evolution

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Carol Hunt has written a piece on the climate of evolution that is alluded to in Kenneth Miller's new book Only a Theory . She alone s...
Friday, September 19, 2008

National Geographic Neandertal Model

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National Geographic Magazine has created a model of a Neandertal woman in time for the October issue. According to the press release : Wit...
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Thursday, September 18, 2008

More on the Vatican Congress

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There is another large story on the Vatican Congress over at Panda's Thumb. They also dissect PZ Myers' views on the congress.

Vatican Shuts out Creationists, ID Supporters

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The Vatican is hosting a congress on evolution, science and faith and are, according to the story in the Catholic News Service, excluding su...

Reiss Resigns from Royal Society

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You knew this was coming . Michael Reiss, the professor of education who made waves by hinting that teaching creationism was not a bad thin...

Only in Berkeley

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Well, Berkeley has outdone itself. The Judah Magnes museum has erected a temple to science. The press announcement goes like this : Four m...
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I am avoiding stories about Sarah Palin since it would take too long to debunk most of them and the level of vitriol is very high. An examp...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

The "Tuscan Swamp Ape"

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No, it is not another Bigfoot, it is an ape that appears to have gone extinct toward the end of the Miocene, around 5.5 mya and went by the ...
Monday, September 15, 2008

Top Scientist: Teach Creationism

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The Daily Mail is reporting on Michael Reiss , Director of Education for the Royal Society, who is now arguing that creationism should be ta...
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Friday, September 12, 2008

Creation Moments

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Anonymous has left a comment on the " Sarah Palin and Creationism " post. Next time I am not going to post something unless they ...
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