Category: Culture
Oh, and in other news, science writer Carl Zimmer noviews Science and Human Origins
| July 20, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, Human evolution, Intelligent Design |
Darwinists can get away with that in the present state of culture. They need only pretend to know what they are talking about. They don’t really have to defend it. more
The maverick rabbi on what happens when materialist atheists run for office
| July 19, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Culture, Darwinism, News |
There is an enormous spiritual gulf … It is one or the other; there is no middle ground here. more
The risks when scientists avoid critical thinking
| July 16, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design |
Like, what should we do when someone says, “I want to know whether this kid is a boy or a girl because, I don’t want any girls in my family.” more
Why do atheists have such a low retention rate?
| July 15, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Intelligent Design, News |
“Only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an atheist household remain atheists as adults.” more
Scientists, including evolutionary biologists, carry coffin through streets in Canada, to protest cuts to funding?
| July 12, 2012 | Posted by O'Leary under Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design |
Two things most readers won’t necessarily know: Darwin’s boys have been after science minister Gary Goodyear for years, believing him to be a “creationist.” more
He said it: Phillip Johnson on the true “ID vs. Darwinism” conflict. Nail. Head.
| July 10, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, News |
For scientific materialists the materialism comes first; the science comes thereafter. [Emphasis original] We might more accurately term them “materialists employing science.” And if materialism is true, then some materialistic theory of evolution has to be true simply as a matter of logical deduction, regardless of the evidence. That theory will necessarily be at least… more
Should capitalists espouse intelligent design? Versa vice?
| July 10, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, News |
“Capitalism is unjustified within a materialistic worldview.” more
In a rare instance, the design of life turned a man to terrorism, but …
| July 9, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, News |
… his “human conscience reasserted itself” more
Have you stopped thinking yet?
| July 7, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, News |
Am I – just some politician who claims I’d waste less of your tax dollar than the other guy – being asked to assent to a proposition I don’t clearly understand? more
Fri nite lite: US govt says mermaids don’t exist.
| July 6, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, News |
Why must bureaucrats meddle expensively in one of the few instances of serious popular culture? more
Audio: Would Thomas Jefferson have wanted design theory taught in school?
| July 5, 2012 | Posted by News under Audio, Culture, News |
Actually, as a deist, Jefferson would likely have got along great with the later Antony Flew. more
Attention Darwin’s male fishwives: We’re on to you. And it’s not working.
| July 4, 2012 | Posted by O'Leary under Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design |
There’s some stuff Darwinists just can’t fool people about. They can’t be their own worst advertisement, make a huge public noise, and expect no one to notice or draw any conclusions. more
Darwinism today: Guy who spins the public’s doubts about Darwin accused of ripping off publishers
| July 1, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, News |
In short, Lehrer sold the same stuff twice. Apparently, accusations have snowballed against him. more
A brief introduction to Steve Fuller, agnostic sociologist of the ID community
| June 30, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design |
(And one of the very few who grasp the key issues.) more
From MercatorNet: What can a brain scan tell us about ourselves?
| June 28, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience, News |
Publicity around brain scans can create an uncertain, gullible public, easily swayed. more
The Darwinism that the Darwin lobby would sue to PREVENT children from learning in tax-funded schools
| June 28, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, News |
No surprise, it’s the real history of Darwinism applied to public and international affairs. more
Remember serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer? Darwinism played a role in his crimes too
| June 28, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, News |
Add this one to the files about the Darwin-driven Columbine shooter and Finnish school shooter. And Norwegian mass murder Anders Breivik, who tumbled a generous dollop of Darwin in with the Norse gods … more
Caroline Crocker to give talk on bunk detection in science at American Scientific Affiliation meeting
| June 16, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Intelligent Design, Science |
Precisely because people today believe in science and find it important to our lives, separating the peaches from the pits is a game everyone must play. more
Darwin’s followers struggle with unfavourable poll numbers
| June 14, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, News |
And don’t (and can’t) get it. more
Memo to NYT reviewer re Prometheus: Creationism for geeks is still creationism
| June 12, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Creationism, Culture, News |
If that’s what you want to call it. That would make atheists Fred Hoyle and Francis Crick creationists. But never mind. more
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