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Conservapedia has a new project: The Conservative Bible Project.The far right wing has long rested their authority on Biblical truth — how can you possibly question them if they speak for God, after all? There is one little problem, however. This was emailed to me from my sister's friend.
It's Debatable: Creation Museum a morbid fascination - and a field tripPerhaps, like me, you harbor a morbid fascination for the infamous Creation Museum near Cincinnati.
Why is Charlotte Allen so mad at atheists? - Los Angeles TimesCharlotte Allen is very, very angry with us atheists -- that's the only conclusion that can be drawn from her furious broadside in The Times on May 17. She can't stand us; we're unpopular; we're a problem. What, exactly, is the greatest crime of modern atheists? We're boring.
Creationists freak out over Darwinius, Scientists ashamed of the Media HypeHow are the creationists reacting to the discovery of Darwinius masillae? With denial and outrage, of course, but one thing that is an interesting datum is that they are all responding to the extravagant hype surrounding it.
'New Scientist flips the bird at scientists, again' by PZ Myers, Jerry Coyne; Jerry Coyne calls for boycott of New Scientist magazine for continued use of misleading 'Darwin was wrong' cover.New Scientist continues to mislead the public by using their "Darwin was wrong" cover in promotions.
Elephantine errors from Ray Comfort - Evolution re-explained by PZ Myers.About 7 million years ago, there was one species of elephant that was distinct from the modern forms, but that was ancestral to the African elephant (Loxodonta), the Asian elephant (Elephas), and the now-extinct mammoth (Mammuthus).
Catholic Clergy Response to PZ Myers' IrreveranceThe Confraternity of Catholic Clergy (a national association of 600 priests & deacons) respond to the sacrilegious and blasphemous desecration of the Holy Eucharist by asking for public reparation.
The University of Central Florida takes religion seriously. Too seriously, apparently. It wants to expel Benjamin Collard for the audacity of attending a Catholic church service.
Recently, a student at the University of Central Florida attended Catholic mass and walked off with a cracker, in protest of the university allocating funds to religious organization, according to some accounts, and to show a friend, according to others.
On July 8th, blogger PZ Myers-- famous for his opinions about atheism and evolution, and infamous for having been kicked out of a screening of Ben Stein's Expelled-- wrote a post about a cracker. Not just any cracker, mind you, but the holiest of crackers-- the Eucharist.
Have you heard about 'Expelled'? The new film featuring Ben Stein (yes, he of the vast vats of trivial knowledge with which he defended his vast vats of money.) It's a film pushing the Intelligent Design agenda.
Pharyngula: EXPELLED!I went to attend a screening of the creationist propaganda movie, Expelled, a few minutes ago.
The Science Network has provided access to a full list of videos from the Beyond Belief 2006 conference, including lectures by many notable authors on science and religion- Steven Weinberg, Lawrence Krauss, Sam Harris, Michael Shermer, Richard Dawkins, Paul Davies, Patricia Churc …
Evolution of vertebrate eyesNow there's a new and wonderfully comprehensive review of the evolution of eyes in one specific lineage, the vertebrates.
Pharyngula: Medved is the new 'scientist' at the Discovery InstituteIt's a measure of the DI's intellectual bankruptcy that they are pleased to have recruited Michael Medved to their cause.
Pharyngula: I'm gonna be a ☆ MOVIE STAR ☆Popular blogger PZ Myers tells how an interview he gave for a documentary on the science-religion conflict ended up being used in an anti-science movie which asserts that "freedom of thought and freedom of inquiry have been expelled from publicly-funded high schools, universities …
Sophisticated Theological Arguments are Unanswerable The Rational Response Squad has a "competitor": a group calling itself the Righteous Response Squad. I think we can already see a problem—we can expect a dearth of originality and imagination from this new gang.
Michael Behe Demonstrates His Incompetence Again Now, if you want to see some junk science, Michael Behe flounders disgracefully to try and dismiss the work.
Blogger sued by creationist for not giving favorable review of his book. Atheists disagreeing with your self-assumed brilliance got you down? Just sue!
PZ being sued by 'crackpot'But this time it's different. A guy by the name of Stuart Pivar has written a tome that says that genetic biologists have their profession all wrong, and that only he knows the truth. In a blog entry (and some followups) PZ Myers pointed out that the guy is clearly wrong.
Don't 'debate' creationists! A scientist, Charles L. Rulon, debated an ID creationist, and here are the opening remarks he gave to justify joining in the debate. He first gave a list of reasons to not debate, which I'll summarize in my own words here:
PZ Myers on How the Cavefish Lost Its EyesThe Mexican blind cavefish raises the challenging evolutionary question: Does disuse lead to degeneration or disappearance of a feature? Here, an answer Darwin would have loved.The manner in which the evolution of flightless birds or eyeless, cave-dwelling animals might have come …
Pretentious ass scientist exploits religious people for cheap laughs - againI know these guys are supposed to be a science site but their number one guy never writes about science; it's just him knocking religion every day, which is fine since that's why they pay him, but it would be nice if he would write more than a sentence about biology once in a w …
What side am I on if I think you are all being silly?Another round of unholy wars seems to have broken out over the last few days. This particular round (again) focuses on the relationship between atheists and theistic evolutionists.
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