Tag Archives: evolution

What motivates the fear religious nuts have of evolution?

Posted on January 18, 2009 by ylooshi

Image via Wikipedia Just a few days ago, the “American Family Association,” an organization of religious fundamentalists bent on imposing their particular superstitions on the rest of the country (U.S.), sent an email “alert” that called for their members to … Continue reading →

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I Am Evolution (from NPR’s “This I Believe”)

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Ylooshi

Holly Dunsworth is a paleoanthropologist and she writes today’s This I Believe segment titled I Am Evolution. Here’s an excerpt: Of course I believe evolution. But that is different from believing in evolution. To believe in something takes faith, trust, … Continue reading →

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At least some school districts are getting it right

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Ylooshi

As if my link to AiG in a previous post weren’t enough, I’m going to toss out another to “Creation on the Web” where a former substitute teacher is prattling on about being “expelled” from his part-time teaching gig in … Continue reading →

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Creationists Baffled: Why do their “Facts” Get Shot Down in Forums?

Posted on May 24, 2008 by Ylooshi

If you’ve never visited the Answers in Genesis website, don’t worry. You’ve missed little. But this little gem caught my eye. Apparently, a creation believer wrote in to their feedback asking a rational question: why is it whenever I repeat … Continue reading →

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Polls are Fun!

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Ylooshi

Especially when they suffer the Pharyngula effect: PZ MYers likes to post links to the various unscientific polls that query the popularity of Evolution vs Creation. The latest, from a local television station somewhere (probably in the American south -I … Continue reading →

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