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Doctor Eugenie C. Scott writes the following, in a debate with Ray Comfort: I close with another quote. Todd C. Wood is a young-earth creationist—indeed, the director of the Center for Origins Research at Bryan College, founded in honor of the creationist hero William Jennings Bryan—who rejects evolution for biblical reasons, just like Comfort. Wood insists, [ READ MORE ]
“In the American vernacular, “theory” often means “imperfect fact”–part of a hierarchy of confidence running downhill from fact to theory to hypothesis to guess. Thus the power of the creationist argument: evolution is “only” a theory and intense debate now rages about many aspects of the theory. If evolution is worse than a fact, and [ READ MORE ]
Raoul Rheits, over on Ray Comfort’s blog, opened my eyes to the term “Rayvolution” as a way to describe the fallacious straw man version of the Theory of Evolution that Ray, and those like him, like to knock down for effect. I thought it’d go perfectly with my recurring segment of popular “Rayologies“, so I’ve [ READ MORE ]
The one thing I just don’t get about the whole evolution/creation debate is why the one side thinks it is a virtue to be completely and utterly ignorant. Geerup and AronRa have been having a back-and-forth for a while now, but it’s not really a discussion of the typical sort. It mostly consists of Geerup [ READ MORE ]
Via Uncommon Descent, I get to a blog called “Darwin’s God: How Religion Drives Science and Why it Matters“. Here, Dr. Cornelius Hunter argues that evolutionists live in constant denial about the religious nature of the theory of evolution. “The metaphysics embedded in their thought is exceeded only by their denial of it. It is [ READ MORE ]
This interesting little story makes it abundantly clear what the differences are between believers and skeptics. Two people return to their long neglected garden and find, among the weeds, that a few of the old plants are surprisingly vigorous. One says to the other, ‘It must be that a gardener has been coming and doing something [ READ MORE ]
Sometimes you hear about all the scientists who supposedly don’t agree with what the theory of evolution suggests, and you think “hmm… If there are plenty of really smart people who doubt evolution, maybe I should too?” Sure, why not? I mean, we trust these people with everything else, so when they doubt something, they [ READ MORE ]
Good news, everyone! Texan school kids won’t be forced to consider “alternatives” as if they are equally valid compared to established, actually scientific, theories. Yes, the scientific method encourages questioning and skepticism, but for a whole other reason than proposed by Creationism/ID supporters. Those people have already reached their conclusion beforehand, and they’re actually also telling [ READ MORE ]
So I just finished watching Ben Stein’s horrible documentary on Intelligent Design, “Expelled: No Intelligent Allowed“, and about how there’s a big conspiracy in the scientific society to suppress any and all mentions of ideas that challenge the theory of evolution. I spent most of the 90 minutes yawning, and shaking my head at the [ READ MORE ]
Reddit directed me to this positively magnificent 10-minute explanation of what science is really about. [youtube]-h9XntsSEro[/youtube] Consider what this video tells you, and ask yourself which kind of argument you’re making. Would you change your mind based on “You’re wrong, because I say so”? No? Then don’t expect anyone else to, either. [ READ MORE ]