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Gene Expression (Free subscription) | yesterday
Another article on Creationism in Turkey: To John Morris, president of the Institute for Creation Research in Dallas, however, the news could hardly be more encouraging. "Why I'm so interested in seeing creationism succeed in Turkey is that evolution is an evil concept that has done such damage to society," said Morris, a Christian who has led several searches for Noah's Ark in eastern Turkey....
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
With direct and indirect help from American foes of evolution, similarly-minded Turks have aggressively made the case that Charles Darwin's theory is scientifically wrong and is the underlying source of most of the world's conflicts because it excludes God from human affairs. More on Evolution
Greg Laden's Blog (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
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Evolution List (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The Darwinian Revolutions An online video lecture series in honor of the 150th anniversary of the original publication of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species Produced by: The Cybertower at Cornell University Written, directed and narrated by: Allen MacNeill , Senior Lecturer The Biology Learning Skills Center Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Videography by: Dina Banning Sound Engineering by: Colbert...
Evolution List (Free subscription) | yesterday
A fellow blogger asked me recently "Why waste your time posting [at creationist and ID blogs] at all? You do not seem to have a receptive audience." Other people ask me why I generally treat creationists and ID supporters with respect, rather than taking every opportunity to heap scorn and ridicule upon them. Here's what I hope is an adequate explanation to both of these questions. I post...
CHROMA (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Origin of the Species Written by Bryony Lavery Arcola Theatre , London until November 21st 2009 Reviewed by Richard Canning This is a seriously entertaining revival of a most intelligent and witty play. An early work of lesbian playwright Bryony Lavery, it’s a two-hander about Darwin’s theory of evolution, as the title suggests. This production, ably directed by Tom Littler and featuring...
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
There's a narrative that should be familiar to most of us by now: a man is considered the great hero of the faith, a sign of hope for every true believer as he advances its claims, but secretly he struggles with his doubts about what he's preaching. This time, there's a twist to the old story: the faith the man espoused publicly was Darwin's theory, and the man was the brilliant Stephen Jay Gould....
Saint Mary Magdalen, Brighton, UK (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
This quarters issue of Mass of Ages, the LMS Magazine has a very good letter by Sergey Budaev, a parishioner of ours. He is Russian, a research scientist at Sussex University, a young father with three delightful children. His letter deals with Creationism and Intelligent Design, in his letter he says that both these doctrines are essentially Protestant and are based on a fundamentalistic reading of...
Mano Singham's Web Journal (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
(My latest book God vs. Darwin: The War Between Evolution and Creationism in the Classroom has just been released and...
西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
"Two recent books—one French, one German—expand in highly sophisticated ways th[e] 'ramification' of the teleological argument and interestingly undermine the dogmatist and materialist 'Darwinism' of the noisy 'new atheists,'" reports Virgil P. Nemoianu — Foreign News on Intelligent Design . Noting that the universe "we inhabit seems to be uniquely tuned for life,"...
Evolving Thoughts (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Remember Ray Comfort’s version of the Origin? Well it seems that while the final version is not missing chapters, the introduction is missing something else. Originality. AIGBusted has found that he has plagiarised at least some of it. Colour me unsurprised. Posted in Creationism and Intelligent Design
Cool Science News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Darwin's theory of evolution can help us find life on alien planets, says a Nasa scientist Photo: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS - IVO SHANDOR From The Telegraph: Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution may give pointers in the search for alien life, says a Nasa astrobiologist. In a talk marking the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, a Nasa scientist said that Darwinian evolution...
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
David Opderbeck, Professor of law at Seton Hall University School of Law, has in the past offered some insightful criticisms of the Dover ruling, including the facts that Judge Jones: "misrepresents key ID arguments by stating that they are only negative arguments against evolution rather than positive evidence for design" "went far beyond the case / controversy at hand by giving his...
Evolution List (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
TITLE: Rescuing Darwin AUTHOR: Paul Fayter SOURCE: The United Church Observer SUMMARY: Ever since the Origin of Species was first published 150 years ago, scientists and creationists have tried to spin the religious views of Charles Darwin their way. COMMENTARY: This article by Paul Fayter (appearing on a website sponsored by The United Church Observer , a Christian organization) directly contradicts...
Physics and Physicists (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
I received a lot of flak when I made my blog entry on " An Astronomer At The Vatican ", simply because I would have asked more pointed questions rather than the fluff that was given. What I wanted to established is specific and CLEAR stand of Catholicism in particular of various issues where religion and science have come to a loggerhead. It is with that in mind that we have this example...
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