Showing posts with label Creationism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Creationism. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Stating the Bleeding Obvious

You know that something in the world is not making sense when an established, well respected and leading science institution feels compelled to publish the following statement:


The Geological Society of London is the oldest national learned society for the Earth sciences in the world, and embodies the collective knowledge of nearly 10,000 Earth scientists worldwide. On their behalf it wishes, during the United Nations International Year of Planet Earth, to place on record the following facts as being long established beyond doubt.


  • Planet Earth, along with the other planets in the Solar System, was formed approximately 4560 million years ago.


  • Life has existed on Earth for thousands of millions of years. It has evolved into its current form by a combination of genetic variation and natural selection - and is likely to go on doing so for as long as it continues to exist.


  • Close study of the structure and organisation (sic - that's how the English spell) of living animals and plants clearly indicates their common ancestry, and the succession of forms through the fossil record, as well as the genetic record contained in every living organism, provides powerful evidence of the reality of evolution.




It is a statement of the bleeding obvious and any cretin creationists with a brain cell should drop their crazy bullshit dogma and repent in the face of overwhelming evidence (we've got the fossils - you fail).  Of course they won't and the batshit crazy cretin creationists won't let this slide for a moment.

You can read more here >


Friday, April 11, 2008

Answers In Genesis: What about Godzilla?

This is clearly a wind up (I call Poe's Law).   I found no reference to this on the AiG site so I am heavily leaning towards this video being satirical.  Enjoy.



RAmen

Robin Ince On Creationism

Robin Ince sums up the ID'ers position that goddidit perfectly.


Thursday, April 10, 2008

Crazy Creationists Are At It Again

Our favorite wacky creationists are at it again, and they are busy in our universities poisoning the minds of our students. Kent Hovind (fortunately for us currently behind prison bars) and his nonsense creationist babble is to be shown on video to a student Christian group.

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Homeschoolers Who Don't Learn Science Shouldn't Receive a Diploma

From "The American Chronicle" By Steve Shives

There are many, many things I find dubious about the practice of parents homeschooling their children. I wonder how a mother or father who has not been educated as a teacher, who in many cases has not even been to college her/himself, can possibly provide their child with as good an education as students receive in our much-maligned public schools. And I can't help but think that these home school students, of whom there are several million in the United States, are being robbed of a crucial formative experience by not attending school with other people their age and being forced to interact with a diverse group of peers.

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Senate panel: No penalty for teaching creationism

The war by the ignorant against reason continues to rage unabated...

TALLAHASSEE — Public school science teachers who want to include creationism or intelligent design in their lesson plan could not be punished by principals or school districts under a bill approved Tuesday by a Florida Senate committee.

The bill (SB 2692) was a response to a decision from the State Board of Education in January to require, for the first time in state history, that students learn about evolution in public schools.

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

New Edward Current YouTube Video

Edward Current is one of my very favorite Creationist satirists out there and I was delighted to discover his latest video has been published on YouTube.

If you've not been exposed to Current before, I seriously recommend his videos, in particular "Calculate Your God Delusion Index" and "God's Cool Designs" as they are absolute classics.

I've embedded his newest video below for your delight and delectation.



 

Have a great day and be lucky!

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Expelled - No Intelligence Allowed

There has already been an enormous amount written on the blogs about this none sense of a movie, and I just have to put my ten cents worth into the fray.

The subtitle; "No Intelligence Allowed" sums up the concept of the movie with an almost sublime genius. There is absolutely no intelligence allowed into the movie whatsoever. What's more, the public relations fiasco surrounding the amazingly ironic expulsion of PZ Myers from a pre-viewing at the Mall of America beautifully illustrates the ignorance of the producers of this debacle of a movie.

The central tenet of the "documentary" movie is that the scientific community is conspiring against the inclusion of "Intelligent Design" theory (ID) and any scientist that even breathes the idea of ID is immediately cast out by the scientists and ridiculed. What is more, the proponents of ID seem to infer (insist actually) that if you are not for ID, then you are an evil Evolutionist Atheist and directly responsible for Hitler, the Holocaust and Stalin. The non sequitur conclusion is almost parody. Strike that, it is parody.

Now I have to lay to rest the rumor's that I have read, and these were posted entirely on pro ID or Christian blogs and site, that PZ Myers was "expelled" because he was a gate crasher to the event and was not invited. Dr. Myers was not invited in the same way that all the other attendees were "not invited" insomuch as to attend the pre-screening, all that was needed was to register your name and the number of guests on the appropriate web site. Dr. Myers did this as did all the other attendees not there in the capacity of a guest.

A certain Professor Richard Dawkins was in attendance in the capacity of Dr. Myers guest, and Dawkins made it into the theater with no problem. Odd, since Dawkins is one of ID's greatest enemies and detractors.

The reason for Myers expulsion was later given by the producers that Myers should "pay to see the movie". You need to know this - PZ Myers was in the movie. He is even profusely thanked for his contribution in the closing credits!!! Imagine if Mel Gibson was charged entrance for the preview of "The Passion of The Christ". Can you imagine the uproar?

Anyway I am rambling....

You can watch Dawkins and PZ Myers discuss the issue in this video...