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Entries Tagged ‘Evolution’

Theories

Senate panel OKs creationism teaching bill | 2012-01-26 | Indianapolis Business Journal | IBJ.com The bill allows schools to authorize “the teaching of various theories concerning the origin of life” and specifically mentions “creation science” as one such theory. Creationism is the belief that the Earth and its creatures were created by a deity. This [...]

Baffling…

A push for creationism gains in Springboro (Ohio) Two Springboro school board members are one vote short of having the support on the five-member board to push for “creationism” in classrooms there, which would likely ignite a wider debate on teaching religion in public schools and maybe set up a court fight. Whatup Ohio. Also, [...]

Beauty Can’t Hide Stupid.

Miss USA contest evolves: ‘Huge science geek’ wins – Faith & Reason But the evolution answers would make Answers in Genesis — the folks behind the Creation Museum and the upcoming Noah’s Ark theme park — proud. One after another of the contestants, like Miss Maryland, confused the evolution of species with the origin of [...]

Reading from Week of 3 April – 9 April

“Starred” Articles on Reader… For Idaho Republicans Rape is Part of God’s Plan Lego Ship in a Bottle on Time-Lapse Video | Gadget Lab | Wired.com David Barton Advocates Seven Mountains Dominionism | Right Wing Watch SpaceX Unveils its New ‘Falcon Heavy’ Rocket, a 22-Story Heavy-Lift Behemoth | Popular Science US atom smasher may have [...]

Call It Something Different

Anti-evolution bills suffer diverse fates Tennessee’s House Bill 368 was passed by the House Education Committee on March 29, 2011, and referred to the House Calendar and Rules Committee, while its counterpart, Senate Bill 893, is scheduled to be discussed by the Senate Education Committee on March 30, 2011. These bills, if enacted, would require [...]