" “It seemed to me not to be a productive discussion, particularly in light that there is a United States Supreme Court case that appears to be on point that very similar language is counter to the constitution,” Bosma said Tuesday. “It looked to me to be buying a lawsuit when the state can ill afford it.” "

" But there are a couple of new twists that make this same-old story more interesting than usual. One has to do with the temperature in a less metaphorical sense. The Oklahoma bill isn't properly speaking just an "anti-evolution" bill; it is just as opposed to the "theory" of "global warming". A bill pending in Tennessee likewise targets "global warming" alongside "biological evolution". These and other bills aim their rhetoric at "scientific controversies" in plural, and one of the New Hampshire bills does not even bother to specify which controversies it has in mind. "

@stobaugh The latest in creationism ed law from the Discovery Institute and Focus on the Family

" “Our Board believes Ken’s comments to be unnecessary, ungodly, and mean-spirited statements that are divisive at best and defamatory at worst,” the homeschooling group wrote, however, that it is “100% young earth” in its scientific stance. "

" When we consider how God designed the human body to function, it should come as no surprise that scientists continue to encounter problems with embryonic stem cells. A human life at the embryonic stage of development is on a fast-track to becoming a fully formed human being. In order to develop all the cells, tissues and organs necessary for the human body to function, embryonic stem cells divide and specialize rapidly. So it makes sense that these cells, when taken out of God’s natural order, would replicate too quickly and form tumors. In contrast, cells in a fully formed body are replenished and rejuvenated during the natural wear and tear of life – by adult stem cells. So, it’s no surprise that the adult stem cells God designed to heal our bodies are the most successful in stem cell treatments and therapies. "

" The measure from Republican state Rep. Bill Zedler would block higher education institutions from discriminating against or penalizing teachers or students based on their research into intelligent design or other theories that disagree with evolution. "

RT @ebertchicago: 2011 sees record number of "stealth" pro-Creationism bills introduced in state legislatures.

"Instead of spending time on public debates, why aren't members of your institute publishing their ideas in prominent peer-reviewed journals such as Science, Nature, or the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences?"

"Of headline importance, this book will be seen to positively rule out the popular Big Bang model of creation! ... (Researchers opposing Big Bang cosmology are frequently ostracized and refused publication.) An example of this bias would be the author's own experience. During his student days his thesis, "A Revised Concept of Radiation Propagation," was rejected..."

"On the MRFF scale of classifying by various expletives the egregiousness level of things that are reported to us -- "holy crap," "holy shit," and "holy f..." -- this one, promoting creationism as a means of preventing suicide among our military personnel, was definitely a "holy f..." "

photo gallery of exhibits about as nuts as you'd expect them to be

"Do not succumb to the temptation to give in to the creationist tactics... It is important to oppose creationists, but it's foolish to do so on their terms."

"[Intelligent design promoter] Flew manages to write a three column entry on eugenics without actually offering any opinion except to diss the work of a distinguished historian of science and replace it with the work of a eugenicist psychologist."

"Thus, on the eve of the Apollo moon landing, the Secretary of the preeminent Creationist organization in the US was denouncing the teaching of evolution as immoral, but thought sterilization on the “feeble-minded” was A-OK."

The IJCR mistakes peer review for cookie pushing: "Does the Paper’s topic provide an original contribution to the creation model?" / "Does this Paper provide evidence of faithfulness to the grammatico-historical/normative interpretation of Scripture?"

"As these examples from around the world show, the debate over creation, evolution and religion is rapidly going global. ... Whatever the defeats they have suffered on home ground, American foes of Darwin seem to be gaining influence elsewhere."

"dozens of thousands of free copies of this diatribe against Darwinism were sent from Turkey and Germany to nearly all French schools and universities. ... a number of astonishing claims - including that Charles Darwin is "the real source of terrorism.""

"To help with answering them, the following list rebuts some of the most common "scientific" arguments raised against evolution. It also directs readers to further sources for information and explains why creation science has no place in the classroom."

Filter for minimum competence. It saves time.

"There have been growing signs the Pope is considering aligning his church more closely with the theory of "intelligent design" taught in some US states."

"COULTER: Most of the “scientists” favoring Darwinism, you know, they’re barely even scientists. They’re biologists. They’re not physicists. They not chemists."

"It’s a wearying business, arguing with Creationists. Basically, it is a game of Whack-a-Mole. They make an argument, you whack it down. They make a second, you whack it down. They make a third, you whack it down. So they make the first argument again."

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