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Oprah Winfrey and the creationism controversy
2008-05-07 18:00:00 Oprah Winfrey and spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle were confronted during their New Earth webcast with a question about the use of the word 'evolution' in his teachings. More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
Is Pope Benedict a Creationist?
2008-04-09 18:00:00 Pope Benedict has sent confusing signals about creationism and Catholicism More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
What does a creationist, FedEx, and McCain?s search for a vice president ha
2008-04-02 18:00:00 A secret list of 20 potential running mates was revealed by presidential hopeful John McCain today, one of whom was Mike Huckabee, who wants to revise the U. S. Constitution to reflect more Biblical values. More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
Atheists are banned from an intelligent design movie
2008-03-26 17:00:00 The banning of atheists from a prescreening of Ben Stein?s film, Expelled No Intelligence Allowed, drew hundreds of postings in the blogosphere this week. More About: Intelligent Design , Science , Society , Education , Movie
Will John McCain choose a Creationist as his running mate?
2008-03-12 17:00:00 With McCain the Republican 2008 presidential candidate, the ?Dream Team? may include Mike Huckabee as the vice-presidential nominee. More About: Science , Society , Education , Running , Events
A popular creationist links Darwin to racism
2008-02-27 17:00:00 Ken Ham and co-author Dr. Charles Ware reveal a compelling history of the effect of an evolution-based belief system on the history of the United States, touching on abortion, slavery, and the civil rights movement. More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
The Florida State Board of Education finally approves evolution - but only
2008-02-20 17:00:00 In a precedent-setting decision, Florida education officials voted to add evolution to required course work in public schools, but only after a last-minute change depicting Charles Darwin's seminal work as merely a theory More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
It's Darwin's Birthday and a Creationist Candidate declares he will fight o
2008-02-13 17:00:00 Last weekend, as Evolution Sunday celebrated Darwin's birthday and the compatibility of evolution and Christianity, Presdiential Candidate Mike Huckabee avowed he will not give up his fight to become the first Creationist President More About: Science , Society , Education , Events
An anti-evolution film is secretly screened in Florida
2008-02-06 17:00:00 Like Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, Ben Stein's Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is being privately previewed by the religious right before its general opening in April More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
Florida counties reject evolution
2008-01-30 17:00:00 In a surprise move against the state Department of Education , 8 small counties in northern Florida have passed anti-evolution resolutions. More About: Science , Society , Events , Evolution
An Intelligent Design documentary offers rebates on movie tickets
2008-01-23 17:00:00 Producers of a pro-Intelligent Design movie starring Ben Stein are raising money for schools by making donations in exchange for ticket stubs. More About: Science , Society , Education , Movie
A creationist candidate wins the first U.S. presidential primary
2008-01-09 17:00:00 Running on a platform of faith, family and freedom, the evangelical preacher turned presidential candidate confronts secular voters with the question, "is the US ready for a president who believes the Earth is 6,000 years old?" More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
A look back at the controversy in 2007
2008-01-02 17:00:00 2007's first big story opened on Darwin's Birthday, February 11, with the release of the feature film documentary Flock of Dodos. More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
Creationist group my soon offer master's degrees in science
2007-12-26 17:00:00 The Institute for Creation Research has won initial approval to offer accredited master's degrees in science education. More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
Texas debates intelligent design
2007-12-19 17:00:00 In Texas, events surrounding a January 2008 meeting of the State School Board are escalating into a highly charged debate between the pro- and anti-evolution camps lobbying for changes in the state's science curriculum. More About: Intelligent Design , Science , Society , Education , Debates
Creation Museum emerges as a learning institution
2007-12-14 17:00:00 Six months after its opening, the controversial Creation Museum has attracted over one quarter of a million visitors, double the number predicted. The largest audiences are home-school families and Christian school students, who come to learn the creation-based science that the museum so vividly portrays. More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
Creationism and the candidates
2007-12-12 17:00:00 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee bristled when asked recently if creationism should be taught in public schools. Huckabee is one of 3 candidates who has confessed his disbelief in evolution. More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
The Flying Spaghetti Monster goes to the American Academy of Religion
2007-11-28 17:00:00 When religious scholars gathered at the American Academy of Religion annual meeting this weekend, pasta was on the agenda. There to give talks was the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. More About: Science , Society , Education , Events
Discovery Institutes claims PBS aired false facts
2007-11-21 17:00:00 A day after PBS aired a documentary on the court trial that indicted intelligent design as "creationism in disguise", advocates of the theory are crying foul play. More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Facts
Intelligent Design on trial
2007-11-14 17:00:00 The PBS program NOVA brings the historic Dover trial to light in a two-hour documentary, titled "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial". More About: Science , Society , Education
South African high schools may soon teach mandatory evolution theory
2007-11-07 17:00:00 In 2008, public and private high schools throughout South Africa will begin teaching evolution. This recent decision has already ignited a tremendous uproar among parents, teachers and religious groups. More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
Florida educators mandate evolution education
2007-10-31 17:00:00 Florida may soon adopt new teaching standards that will require public school students to learn about evolution. More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
Signs of the controversy in Canada
2007-10-24 18:00:00 Reports indicate that a growing number of science teachers are bowing to pressure from parents who want creationism or intelligent design taught in public schools. More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
Teachers in Britain suddenly caught in the evolution debate
2007-10-17 18:00:00 The number of British students who believe in creationism is rising sharply. Many teachers are uncomfortable with addressing creationism in their science classrooms. More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
Scientists hoodwinked by documentary filmmakers
2007-10-10 18:00:00 Controversy surrounds a new documentary film hosted by Ben Stein and titled Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. The film criticizes scientists and educators for suppressing intelligent design theory. More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution
Europe poised to ban creationism in schools
2007-10-03 18:00:00 The British government has issued a new set of guidelines that prohibit the teaching of creationism and intelligent design in science classes. More About: Science , Society , Europe , Education , Events
A church-state controversy erupts in New Jersey
2007-09-26 18:00:00 In New Jersey, high school student Matthew LaClair secretly tape-recorded a teacher to prove that he was preaching a pro-Christian, anti-science message to students. More About: Science , Society , Church , Education , Events
Another academic makes a case for intelligent design
2007-09-12 18:00:00 A professor of internal medicine at the University of Missouri-Columbia recently praised intelligent design theory to an audience of 100 colleagues. More About: Intelligent Design , Science , Society , Education , Design
In Texas, a surprising victory for science
2007-09-12 18:00:00 Despite their pro-creation personal views, members of the Texas State Board of Education have voted to keep intelligent design out of public school science classes. More About: Science , Society , Victory , Events
The Kentucky tourism board promotes the controversial Creation Museum
More articles from this author:2007-09-05 18:00:00 A Kentucky scientist is furious at the state visitor bureau for it's favorable description of the controversial Creation Museum. More About: Science , Society , Education , Events , Evolution 1, 2, 3 |
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