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Category Archives: intelligent design
Podcast #61 – Adventures in Cobb County
“Ufologist” and Young Earth Creationist Gary Bates of Creation Ministries International presented “Aliens, UFOs and the Bible” on July 18th at the Sewell Mill Baptist Church in Marietta, GA. We (John and Allison) were there, but the building did not … Continue reading
McLeroy out as TX BOE chair
The Texas Senate rejected Governor Rick “The Secessionist” Perry’s re-nomination of Don “The Dentist” McLeroy to chair the State Board of Education. McLeroy is a young-earth creationist whose views on the teaching of evolution have threatened to cripple the state’s … Continue reading
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Tagged don mcleroy, texas
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Squeaker in Texas
The Dallas Morning News reports “the State Board of Education on Thursday narrowly turned aside a last-ditch effort by social conservatives to require that ‘weaknesses’ in the theory of evolution be taught in science classes in Texas.” It was a … Continue reading
Posted in christianity, evolution, intelligent design, news, politics, religion, science
Tagged board of education, creationism, evolution, texas
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Podcast #37 – Year-End Wrap-Up
As we look forward to 2009, we take a moment to review the success and progress of the American Freethought Podcast in 2008. What was our best episode? What could we have done better? We also unveil a new contest … Continue reading
Posted in evolution, intelligent design, interviews, podcast, science
Tagged eugenie scott, expelled, ncse, year-end wrap-up
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Podcast #34 – Mel Lipman
Interview with Mel Lipman (approx. 42 minutes into the show), president of the American Humanist Association (and, incidentally, the father of Lori Lipman Brown, lobbyist for the Secular Coalition for American, whom we talked to in podcast #23). We talk … Continue reading
Podcast #31 – Eugenie Scott
We talk to Dr. Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) about the recent action by the Texas Board of Education [www.tea.state.tx.us/sboe] that places three creationists on the six-member committee that reviews science standards [link]. … Continue reading
Is Sarah Palin an Idiot?
Point #1: When abstinence-only education fails, what’s Plan B? Oh yeah, there’s no Plan B. I have no idea what to make of the rumors floating around that Palin’s fifth child is actually her grandchild. Whether or not it’s true … Continue reading
Posted in commentary, ethics, intelligent design, news, politics, religion, science, women's rights
Tagged presidential campaign, sarah palin
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Louisiana’s Jindal Signs Stealth Creationism Bill
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2719223520080627 The day before we recorded episode #20 of the podcast, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed the Louisiana Science Education Act, which is essentially designed to protect teachers who might want to insert creationist teachings into public school biology classrooms. … Continue reading
Podcast #20 – Barbara Forrest
Barbara Forrest – We talk to Dr. Barbara Forrest about SB 733 [link], the so-called Louisiana Science Education Act, a piece of legislation sitting on the desk of Governor Bobby Jindal that, if signed, would enable teachers and administrators in state schools to … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, commentary, evolution, history, humor, intelligent design, interviews, news, podcast, politics, religion, science
Tagged 4th of July, alfred wallace, barbara forrest, bobby jindal, charles darwin, creationism, evolution, George Carlin, independence day, intelligent design, louisiana, louisiana coalition for science, science
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What does Francis Collins mean for the NIH?
You may have heard the news that the president has named Francis “Three Waterfalls” Collins to head the National Institutes of Health. By all accounts Collins is a competent bureaucrat and respectable as a researcher (he was one of the … Continue reading →