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Category Archives: intelligent design
Science and Faith: Friends or Foes? Part 2 of 3
[The following commentary is provided by a friend of this blog who wishes to remain anonymous. He has stated flatly that were his views on religion made public, it would harm his business with the locals. The workshop he critiques … Continue reading
Science and Faith: Friends or Foes? Part 1 of 3
[The following commentary is provided by a friend of this blog who wishes to remain anonymous. He has stated flatly that were his views on religion made public, it would harm his business with the locals. The workshop he critiques … Continue reading
Posted in evolution, intelligent design, religion, science
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Podcast #114 – Robert Bentley Is Not Your Brother
Alabama’s new governor Robert Bentley has wasted no time courting controversy. On his inauguration day (which also happened to be federal Martin Luther King Day holiday), Bentley spoke at a church and artlessly proclaimed that non-Christians were not his “brothers … Continue reading
Podcast #112 – Bluegrass Edition
The great Commonwealth of Kentucky has gotten itself in the news on several counts–none of them good. 1. It’s bad enough that Answers in Genesis’ Creation “Museum” in northern Kentucky is prospering. It’s worse that AIG plans to expand, building … Continue reading
Teach the controversy: Russian edition
We’ve gotten used to hearing that Creationism and Intelligent Design are peculiar to the United States. Other places, especially Europe, not so much. Unfortunately, that is changing. There’s increasing pressure from religious factions in the United Kingdom, and Australians continue … Continue reading
Mr. Deity and the Science Advisor
More great vids this morning. My favorite online video series and my favorite curmudgeonly blogger–what’s not to love?
Posted in evolution, humor, intelligent design, science
Tagged mr. deity, pharyngula, pz myers
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More fallout from the Behe bloggingheads.tv brouhaha
How to deal with Creationists and Intelligent Design proponents? It’s a bit of a Catch-22: one the one hand, unless we consistently, frequently and forcefully confront their nonsense, we might give them free rein to convince the general public that … Continue reading
The Behe brouhaha at bloggingheads.tv
Boy, what a soap opera this has turned out to be. Late last week, linguist and conservative pundit John McWhorter recorded a segment for bloggingheads.tv (bhTV) with Michael “Irreducible Complexity” Behe. A credulous–even gushing–McWhorter, who is a self-admitted nonbeliever, … Continue reading
Ben Stein loses NYT gig, grip on reality
Ben “Bueller…Bueller…” Stein has been let go from his biweekly gig writing a financial column for the New York Times, ostensibly because of his commercial work for a website called FreeScore.com and the associated (perceived?) conflict of interest. Now, normally … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, civil rights, commentary, ethics, evolution, intelligent design, news, religion, religious rights, science
Tagged ben stein, expelled, freescore.com, new york times
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Bob Wright on the Behe Brouhaha: Mea Culpa
I know I’ve posted about this a couple of times before, but this onion keeps growing new layers. Over the weekend, bloggingheads.tv Robert Wright (The Evolution of God) posted a conversation with science journalist George Johnson, in which Wright offers … Continue reading →