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VARIOUS IMPLICATIONS OF CREATIONISM
2008-06-07 09:49:00 VARIOUS IMPLICATIONS OF CREATIONISMBelow are several recent posts on this subject which I made to email discussion groups.THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CREATION WEEK AS ARCHETYPAL PARADIGM In several recent posts I stated that Creation Week must be regarded as an archetypal paradigm, i.e. that God?s work of creation is a model which man is expected to follow in his work. The Fourth Commandment clearly states that the reason why man is supposed to work for six days and then rest on the seventh is because this is what God did during Creation Week. Now there is a great significance in this which is not usually noted when this is discussed.The Hebrew verb for work or labor (abad) which is used in the Fourth Commandment (Ex 20:6) literally means ?to serve?. Work or labor is to be regarded as service -- we are supposed to serve one another and, in so doing, thereby also serve God. It is very significant that Moses was instructed to tell Pharoah -- ?Let My people go that they may serve Me? (the ...
By: Van Til Tool
Inherit the Wind scene, creationism vs. evolution
2008-06-05 20:08:00 Saw this clip on Ivory Power Blog, had to post powerful scene ###
Evolution vs. Creationism, the Texas version
2008-06-04 16:10:00 It looks like Texas is planning to enter the ?debate? over the teaching of evolution. After fighting for nearly three years about how to teach children to read, the Texas Board of Education has decided to take on the science curriculum this summer. One of the goals of the board is to undermine the teaching ...
By: Bligbi
The Power of Creationism
2008-06-02 10:28:00 Do you believe in the fact that our world was created by GOD? If yes, then you may have already joined one of those creationistic unions, which investigate the way of creating the world by God. Creationism is a teaching of the fact that God has created the world and everything in it according to the Bible. In Harvard University there is a special department of creationism, where scientists do their best to prove their theory of creationism. Creationistic movements gain a big popularity throughout the whole world and they go on conquering the world’s appreciation. There are a lot of creationistic museums not only in the US, but also in Britain, Australia, Turkey, almost all over the world. There are the following main exhibits, such as Dinosaurs and SFX theatres, which are aimed at convincing the visitors with the fact that everything is the result of constructive work of God. Besides, there are a lot of different online sources of this Scientific Research Foundation (or Bilim A...
Let?s at Least Be Honest About ID
2008-05-24 21:32:00 I found a decently done review of Ben Stein’s idiocy, ‘Expelled’, but the reviewer has swallowed a little bit of the ID Kool-Aid and it happens to be a bit of Kool-Aid that annoys me greatly. Having now watched the film — which is terrible, filled with specious reasoning, false dichotomies, and self-contradiction — I ...
Set Your Watches for Medieval Time
2008-05-23 15:52:00 Well, it’s happened again. Another group of religious fundamentalists have zealously declared that the mysteries of science are explained by the words of Holy Scripture. I thank God that these folks have not been allowed to push their religious beliefs into our nation classrooms and laboratories (yet), relying as they are upon faulty science to ...
By: Sharp Iron
John Pendleton: Creationist Extraodinaire
2008-05-23 01:58:00 John Pendleton has a series of videos on YouTube spotlighting his scientific inadequacies. Sadly, his video freezes several minutes in, at least on my system, so I’m linking to an analysis posted by ExtantDodo which reproduces (nearly) Pendleton’s entire film plus commentary. It is a long video, weighing in at over thirty minutes. If you ...
The Frog-amander isn?t Transitional
2008-05-21 22:34:00 Image via WikipediaMay 21, 2008 starts the clock. Let’s see how long it takes for the creationists to cook up some way to claim that this latest ‘transitional’ fossil isn’t in fact transitional at. Sure it has that “overall amphibian gestalt. ? You know, kind of a froggy salamander-y sort of look” but I’m sure that’s ...
Creationism edges into high school classes
2008-05-21 22:25:00 One in eight U.S. high school biology teachers presents creationism or intelligent design in a positive light in the classroom, a new survey shows, despite a federal court's recent ban against it.
Many High Schools Still Teaching Creationism As a Valid Alternative to Evol
2008-05-20 20:15:00 Wired has some distressing news on the state of science education in this country (Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan). One in eight U.S. high school teachers presents creationism as a valid alternative to evolution, says a poll published in the Public Library of Science Biology. Of more than 900 teachers who responded to a poll conducted by ...
By: Liberal Values
The History of Young Earth Creationism
2008-05-14 02:13:00 Mirrored here. Creationists, including those of AiG and ICR, constantly claim that the roots of young earth creationism can be traced to ancient Judaism writings such as in the writings of Abraham Ibn Ezra (c. 1089?1164), a Jewish astrologer and Rabbi, and Josephus (c. 37 ? c. 100), a famed Jewish historian and that this was the original “viewpoint” of the early church fathers that persisted until modern times. This is false. A lie made up to cover up the fact that the dogma of young earth creationism is of modern invention. The truth of the matter is that even though Jewish Scholars did believed that the earth is thousands of years old, none of them really believe that the earth is 6,000 years old (4,000 years after Creation and before Christ + 2,000 years after Christ was born according to the order of events and genealogies of the Bible, never mind them being out of order and filled with gaps in between). They believed it to be far more older than that (Cherry, 2006)....
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.
By: Evolution Minute
Why bother with making sense? when you have peanut butter
2008-04-29 15:52:00 This must be one of the more amusing ‘debunkings’ of evolution I’ve seen thus far. Have a look. think of it as a kind of ‘how many layers of stupid can you find’ game. I love the little speech given by the frumpy lady starting about ten seconds in. Several videos follow the break. This ‘peanut ...
Morality as Truth: A Rogerian argument on Creationism
2008-04-26 11:03:00 A video presentation by Aspirin99As part of my graduate program, I'm taking a Rhetorical Theory class. For the last assignment, I was asked to take something I had previously written and improve it using principles we had studied.I chose Rogerian Argument. This principle is suggested for debating topics of hot emotional content, such as religion and politics. It seeks to place the opponent at ease by telling him or her what you like about their views and then finding common ground from which to start the discussion.I chose to take correspondence regarding Creationism and turn it into a Rogerian documentary video. I enlisted the help of Antlerman, a mod in the forums, to do some of the voice-overs.It's an hour-long documentary that I made in two weeks; so, it's not perfect, but I think you'll like it. I have not chopped it into 10-minute segments yet for Youtube, but it can be watched from my website (and here). I made a fast forward button for the player, so you can come back la...
By: ExChristian.net
Movie Review: Expelled
2008-04-19 14:36:00 Interesting observations by Ed Morrissey on Hot Air …the film does an excellent job of demonstrating atheism as a belief system. Atheism as represented by Richard Dawkings and others in this film gets exposed as exactly the kind of belief system they claim to despise. They can?t prove God exists ? and they can?t prove God ...
Tomorrow is the deadline!
2008-04-16 19:51:00 You have until tomorrow at 8PM EST to get your submissions in for To Hell with Expelled Blog Carnival. And please, no pro Expelled posts. I had to delete a pro Expelled post which claims the movie is all about free speech and asks, “What is wrong with presenting both sides of the issue since ...
Gravity: A theory in crisis. Enter Intelligent Falling.
2008-04-15 16:21:00 Evangelical scientists refute gravity with new “Intelligent Falling” Theory. Request for equal time in schools has been made.
It should be OK to doubt evolution
2008-04-12 05:28:00 We should be able to talk about Creationism without fear of reprisal. The Wichita Eagle (click image to enlarge) “Nothing can be questioned about Darwin or you are in severe academic jeopardy,” actor Ben Stein said recently at an event to promote his new documentary, “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.” The film will be released next week in ...
Is Pope Benedict a Creationist?
2008-04-09 18:00:00 Pope Benedict has sent confusing signals about creationism and Catholicism
By: Evolution Minute
Expelled, or Flunked
2008-04-09 08:29:00 Expelled Exposed “Flunked, not expelled: What Ben Stein isn’t telling you about Intelligent Design,” via the National Center for Science Education
By: Migrations
Expelled promoters lie?Who woulda thought?
2008-04-06 19:37:00 John M. Lynch of ScienceBlogs blog Stranger Fruit was sent an email from the promoters of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed telling him that a local pre-screening of the crocumentary had been canceled. It was not canceled. Interestingly, the email about the “cancelation” was sent to only 29% of those who received the initial invitation, with ...
Applying Logic to Creationism / Evolution
2008-04-03 12:45:00 A little while ago, and for no apparent reason (I’m like that ), I thought about an Internet poll I’ve seen some time ago, which asked people what they thought was more likely about the development of life on Earth. If I remember correctly, the options were something like this: God created the species as ...
By: Way of the Mind
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.
By: Evolution Minute
Taz Walker whines about a science book
2008-04-01 22:38:00 To be honest with you I just cannot look at creationist emotionally charged writings without getting upset over them. Creationists have master the art of emotionally manipulating people into clouding their thoughts and reasonings so it’ll be easy for them to be proselytized into believing all their lies. Here’s a direct example of creationists relying ...
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.
By: Evolution Minute
Creating Creationism
2008-03-26 03:41:00 I picked up the April-June 2008 issue of Bibliotheca Sacra today, the theological journal of Dallas Theological Seminary. In it is an article by Dr. Gordon Johnston about the connections between Genesis 1 and Ancient Egyptian Creation Myths. This immediately caught my attention because of some recent events that have occurred in my life in ...
PZ got EXPELLED!
2008-03-21 17:52:00 You guys has got to check out PZ Meyer’s experience in going to see the creationist propaganda film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed– he never got to see the film! Those creationist Pharisees have kicked him out, right in front of this individual, yet are too dull to notice Richard Dawkins coming into the theater to ...
Arthur C. Clarke on Creationism
2008-03-19 14:20:00 If I was a religious person, I would consider creationism nothing less than blasphemy. Do its adherents imagine that God is a cosmic hoaxer who has created that whole vast fossil record for the sole purpose of misleading mankind? – Arthur C. Clarke (seen on Life Without Faith, in a post about Clarke’s recent death) Copyright © 2008 ...
By: Way of the Mind
Responding to Intelligent Design/Creationism: The probability of Abiogenesi
2008-03-14 16:26:00 This is the long-delayed second edition of responding to ID/Creationism, which was inspired by the heaps of disingenuity and ignorance offered up by Frank Sherwin of the Institute for Creation Research a few weeks ago at the Christian literalist organized and slanted War of the Worldviews religion debates in Whitby, Ontario. As will generally be the ...
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.
By: Evolution Minute
Dinosaurs and the Creation Gospel according to Buddy Davis
2008-03-11 04:21:00 So Answers in Genesis’ member Buddy Davis asks, “How Can We Use Dinosaurs to Spread the Creation Gospel Message?” Here’s Buddy’s answer: “Lie. Lie about them continuously and stupidly. Ignore everything that contradicts Buddy’s Bible Fairy Tale and distort the bible to make it agree with your lies. Lie, lie, and lie and don’t stop ...
The fundamentalist?s implicit acknowledgement of his own ridiculousness
2008-03-10 07:36:00 Dave Scot at Uncommon Descent [i.e., a ridiculous blog by and for Christian fundamentalists who like to delude themselves and each other into thinking that 1) Intelligent Design is a science rather than one big faith-based argument from ignorance; 2) that there is some grand dogmatic “Darwinist” conspiracy in the scientific community which is dedicated to ...
Plenty More Hodge-Podge on Dinosaurs
2008-03-06 09:36:00 Can’t explain it, can’t they? It’s a blatant fact that Creationists can never, ever honestly explain why are there no human fossils found alongside dinosaur fossils. Instead, they just make everything up and tell it like it is, just like this individual here. On May 4th of last year (Yet mentioned recently on February 13 ...
The troubles of debating Creationists
2008-03-03 15:53:00 Steven Novella of NeuroLogica has written an incisive analysis of PR strategies that are apparently being employed by Creationists, particularly when it comes to debating evolution and Creationism. I highly recommend reading his analysis, which I present below.Novella writes: Yesterday I interviewed PZ Myers, author of the popular science blog Pharyngula, for this week?s SGU podcast, ...
The Argument for Creationism
2008-03-03 12:56:00 Hey all, Here’s a (hopefully) funny little article I wrote recently on the joys of parenthood. The Argument for Creationism Enjoy! -Perk
Responding to Intelligent Design/Creationism: The Law of Biogenesis
2008-03-03 02:30:00 This is the first entry of an ongoing program on this blog dedicated to responding to Intelligent Design/Creationist claims. Leading Intelligent Design/Creationism advocates accuse mainstream scientists of being dogmatically attached to naturalistic evolution, they describe evolution as being a faith rather than a scientific enterprise, they refer to those who accept evolution as “Darwinists”, so ...
No Joy in Creationism supplement and A Mexican Flood Folly
2008-03-01 08:26:00 I admit while still struggling with the severe deception of creationism, I did got in contact with Ham a few times through email while trying to ask him questions about his background, his propaganda materials with dinosaurs plastered all over them, why he and his cronies do what he does, and ask him to pray ...
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.
By: Evolution Minute
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
By: Evolution Minute
There is No Joy in Creationism Part 3
2008-02-15 01:44:00 Don’t you just hate when it seems you’re the only one in the whole family who rejects creationism while everyone else embraces it without a second thought? A lot of times it feels to be the case when one Saturday night I threw into a screaming hissy fit when mom showed me a book from ...
Dawkins to Target Creationism
2008-02-14 03:32:00 The Bookseller is reporting that publisher Free Press has bought the U.S. rights to Richard Dawkins? next book, "for a reported $3.5m" and UK rights have gone to Transworld for a "substantial sum" (I think I'm converting to atheism before writing my next book...). The new book from Dawkins is said to explore creationism and the evidence for evolution: The as-yet-untitled volume will be published in 2009, a year that will feature a double anniversary for Charles Darwin?the 200th anniversary of his birth in February, and the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species in November. Gaminara said: "He is arguably the science writer most closely associated with Darwin and in my view it would be strange not to have a book by Richard Dawkins in this anniversary year. "He feels that never in his lifetime has there been such a belief in creationism, in the US and also creeping into the school curriculum in this country, and as the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public U...
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
By: Evolution Minute
There is No Joy in Creationism Part 2
2008-02-13 01:11:00 Nowadays, looking at creationism crap is unavoidable on websites, in Christian book catalogs, in search engines when one searches for dinosaurs, in churches where preachers slander Darwin and anybody else they don’t like, Christian radio programs, online shopping sites like Amazon, and TV shows such as The Mysterious Origins of Man, a show put on ...
There is No Joy in Creationism
2008-02-11 21:36:00 There is no joy in creationism. Let me say it again, There is no joy in creationism! Instead there is pure hatred, anger, and rage in and around the area. If there is joy in creationism, then the only joy in creationism is nothing but a false and fleeting sense of it. What you’re going ...
Advice to the IDiots
2008-02-07 16:48:00 Quote for the day, coming from an internet chat room (HT Café Philos: an internet café): My advice to ID proponents: quit whining just because you haven?t been able to produce anything scientifically rigorous. If what you?re doing is science, then show me an equation. Show me a schematic of a novel detector or experiment. Show ...
By: Migrations
Florida legislators pushing for evolution to be taught as ?just a theory?
2008-02-07 02:36:00 Remember what I said about having to be a right-wing Christian nutter in order to be a public school administrator or council member in Florida? Well apparently it also applies to legislators in the state. Marc Caputo of the Miami Herald writes: Top state legislators say they’re ready to join the fight over putting the word ”evolution” in ...
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
By: Evolution Minute
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.
By: Evolution Minute
Ed Brayton rips Ray comfort a new one. Yes Ray, you are an idiot.
2008-01-29 17:09:00 A few weeks ago I posted an article entitled Ed Brayton rips Joe Farah a new one. Yes Joe, waterboarding is torture. Well this time he has done it to Ray “the banana is the atheist’s worst nightmare” Comfort. Brayton’s full post is presented below. |
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