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A Master of Science in Creationism?!

March 19, 2009

The loons are determined to take over Texas with State Rep. Berman of Tyler introducing a bill that would allow The Institute of Creation Research to grant a Master of Science degree in creationism:
State Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) proposed House Bill 2800 when he learned that The Institute for Creation Research (ICR), a private institution [...]

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Darwin the Abolitionist?

January 26, 2009

Did you know that Charles Darwin was an abolitionist as were other of his family members and that it may have motivated his research into natural selection?
Science historians Adrian Desmond and James Moore have compiled compelling new evidence which reveals Darwin was passionately opposed to slavery and this was the moral impetus behind his work.
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Reality rules! Superstition Drools!

November 30, 2008

Or in the words of Adam of Daylight Atheism:
…the age of reason is also an age of wonder. The devotees of superstition and pseudoscience do not know what they are missing. In grasping after fool’s gold, they have missed the true vein. The universe is a grander, more majestic and more beautiful place than any [...]

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The World’s Smartest Bird?

November 21, 2008

That a Raven could figure out on it’s own how to pull up a string with meat attached to it is not surprising at all to me.  When I’ve gotten the chance to look at one closely I’ve always gotten the sense that they were looking right back at me.  They just give off this [...]

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Quote of the day: Albert Einstein on God

September 6, 2008

“It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere. … Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust.
A man’s ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, [...]

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Evolution vs. Creationism, the Texas version

June 4, 2008

It looks like Texas is planning to enter the “debate” over the teaching of evolution. After fighting for nearly three years about how to teach children to read, the Texas Board of Education has decided to take on the science curriculum this summer.
One of the goals of the board is to undermine the teaching [...]

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Pope Benedict: Don’t fire me, bro!

January 30, 2008

The Bishop of Rome has once again opened his mouth about science, this time declaring that science must be accompanied by research in “anthropology, philosophy and theology” to give insight into “man’s own mystery, because no science can say who man is, where he comes from or where he is going”, the Pope said.
Science, of [...]

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Pope Benedict: Don’t fire me, bro!

January 30, 2008

The Bishop of Rome has once again opened his mouth about science, this time declaring that science must be accompanied by research in “anthropology, philosophy and theology” to give insight into “man’s own mystery, because no science can say who man is, where he comes from or where he is going”, the Pope said.
Science, of [...]

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