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Post-Darwinist (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
What I find most interesting about this Darwin rap is the apparent ignorance and foolishness of the students - who inspire no confidence as a coming generation of intellectuals. In my experience and historical reading, these are just the sort of people who can be induced by a demagogue to pile into the streets on behalf of a foolish and ignorant cause ... oh, wait ... they have had a lot of practice...
Sixteen Small Stones (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of “The Origin of the Species” by Charles Darwin. If you’ve followed this blog for a significant time you know that I have doubts about the compatibility of Darwinism and the belief in God as the Creator. I remember as a high-school biology student, in addition to various [...]
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | yesterday
A lawsuit has been filed against the California Science Center by the American Freedom Alliance (AFA) for cancelling the AFA’s contract to screen the Darwin’s Dilemma documentary on October 25th. According to AFA’s press release: American Freedom Alliance (AFA), a non-profit group, has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against a popular science museum for cancelling an event exploring...
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the American Freedom Alliance: American Freedom Alliance Files Lawsuit Against Leading Science Center Over Intelligent Design Movie: Group Claims Cancellation of 'Darwin's Dilemma' Resulted from Organized Effort by Science Center to Suppress Discussion LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24 -- American Freedom Alliance (AFA), a non-profit group, has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against a popular science museum...
Question Darwin (Free subscription) | yesterday
http://www.questiondarwin.com/ It pains me in more ways than one to post this, but innocently watching University Challenge with my family last night, presenter Jeremy Paxman ONCE AGAIN used his privileged position to unfairly and dishonestly caricaturise, misrepresent and attack Darwin dissent. As I have blogged before, this is the third such occasion. At least he managed to control his visible emotions...
Evolution List (Free subscription) | yesterday
AUTHOR: G.R. Morton SOURCE: http://chem.tufts.edu/AnswersInScience/demise.html" target="_blank"> Answers in Science COMMENTARY: Allen MacNeill First, today is the 150th anniversary of the original publication of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species . So many people have written about this event that it would be superfluous for me to write about it here. However, some of what has been...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last week actor-turned-creationism spokesman Kirk Cameron went through with his plan to spearhead the handout of a revised edition of "Origin of the Species" on college campuses nationwide. Cameron has tried to link Darwin to Hitler and the revised book features an introduction by creationist minister Ray Comfort. Cameron himself went to one campus to hand out the tome, that of UCLA. Some...
Alter Ego (Free subscription) | yesterday
For those who have somehow overlooked the BBC’s Charles Darwin season this year never mind, today is a day to celebrate all that is Darwinian.* Although Darwin Day, 12th February, was the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birthday, in 1809, today, 24th November, is the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, which [...]
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | yesterday
As part of the recognition of this being the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's On The Origin of Species CNN.com today published this piece by CSC Director Stephen C. Meyer. Pro-Darwin consensus doesn't rule out intelligent design STORY HIGHLIGHTS Stephen Meyer says there are scientific reasons to doubt consensus about Darwin's theory Meyer: Fossil record challenges idea that...
CNN (Free subscription) | yesterday
On November 24, 1859, the first edition of a book that would shake the most deeply established beliefs about life was published in London. What would eventually be known as "The Origin of Species" was the opening shot in a debate that hasn't ended, even 150 years later.
Accelerating Future (Free subscription) | yesterday
CNN has coverage of Dawkinsian atheism. Quote: “I believe a true understanding of Darwinism is deeply corrosive to religious faith,” Dawkins says in his TED Talk. For a contrary view, see Shermer. His essay reads more like a document trying to sell evolution to theists than a true discussion of why evolution and theism are [...]
eChurchWebsites Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
An amazing research paper on creationist beliefs, well worth a look. This is the Forward by Nick Spencer of Theos:- The debate around Darwinism is dogged by uncertainty and confusion. How many people are evolutionists? How many creationists? How many advocates of Intelligent Design? What are the characteristics of each group? Is Intelligent Design a religious [...]
Berto: Philosophy Monkey (Free subscription) | yesterday
150 years ago today, Chuck Darwin published his famous On the Origin of Species, so it's appropriate to dedicate today's entry to the brilliance and imaginative power of this radical intellectual. In the following thought-provoking lecture, Richard Dawkins persuasively argues that Darwin may very well deserve the title of most revolutionary scientist ever, even more so than Newton or Einstein. A bold...
The Michigan Daily (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
As I walked home from the football game on Saturday, preachers were out in full force denouncing the theory of evolution. That's because today is the 150th anniversary of the publishing of Charles Darwin’s famous text on evolution, “The Origin of Species.” To celebrate, I'd like to talk about a “Special Introduction” by a man named Roy Comfort who seems to think Darwin...
Uncommon Descent (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
There is a strange belief abroad that critics of Darwinism are found chiefly among right-wing, ultra-conservative reactionaries and their cadre of uneducated backwoods religious fundamentalists for whom, according to Philip Kitcher, Darwin “serves evangelical Christians as the bogeyman.”1 Keith M. Parsons, writing for Eugenie Scott’s National Center for Science Education (largely...
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