Posts Tagged ‘intelligent design’
Monday, January 5th, 2009
By Paul DesOrmeaux
This article appeared originally in the December 2008 Skeptical Briefs newsletter and is used by permission of the Skeptical Inquirer.
Following is a concise, authoritative, and warped timeline that more or less accurately presents the history and “facts” behind the development of creationism, creation science, Intelligent Design, and more importantly, scientific illiteracy. For an alternative, but parallel, perspective of the “other theory,” purchase the 27th Edition of Darwin’s final publication, “The Human Evolution Colouring Book.”
Days 1 through 6 In the beginning, God creates night and day, firmaments, heaven, fruit trees, poison ivy, seeds, marijuana, every living creature–including a male and female, beasts, fowl, creepy-crawly things, and killer bees–the concept of multiplication, and then, unfortunately, pulls a groin muscle. continue reading
Tags: creationism, Evolution, humor, intelligent design, paul desormeaux, satire
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
By David Harding
Ben Stein’s Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is certainly the most dishonest movie I have ever seen, portraying Intelligent Design supporters as political martyrs to Big Science, academia as the equivalent to the USSR, and doing everything it can to link Charles Darwin and evolution directly to the Holocaust. It truly is despicable and intellectually insipid in a way I thought not possible until now. continue reading
Tags: ben stein, creationism, david harding, Evolution, expelled movie, intelligent design
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
By Bryce Hand
This letter was featured in the Kansas City Star newspaper on November 9, 2005.
To the Editor:
Tuesday was a sad day for Kansas.
Yes, there is controversy surrounding evolution, but only among nonscientists. Those who reject evolution present no arguments scientists haven’t heard (and adequately countered) again and again, and have no special knowledge that scientists have overlooked. continue reading
Tags: bryce hand, creationism, education, Evolution, intelligent design
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
I’m a believer in education. I think we need to do a much better job helping science teachers understand the nature of science, understand how to think critically, and help them devise ways of passing this on to the student body more effectively than they are today (at obviously an age-appropriate level). continue reading
Tags: bill busher, creationism, education, eugenie scott, Evolution, intelligent design, national center for science education, theory
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