Creationists on Gene Variation

http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2006/11/creationists_on_gene_variation.php

This article tears apart a “mathematical” argument by creationists on gene variation in humans that purports to debunk evolution.

 

Fine-Tuned Deception: Say hello to the new stealth creationism

http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=12282

This article by Sahotra Sarkar in The American Prospect describes the new wedge approach by creationists at getting God into the argument — this time via physics, rather than biology, essentially by exploiting the anthropic principle.

 

Intelligent Design: The Clincher. A butterfly explodes the theory

http://www.the-scientist.com/2006/12/1/53/1/

This piece by Jack Woodall shows how a butterfly shoots down the entire intelligent design argument.

 

Meteorite yields life origin clue

Hollow spheres found in a primordial meteorite could yield clues to the origin of life on Earth:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6197228.stm

 

DI: Brits and Poles Like Us, Too !!!!!!!

http://www.evolutionnews.org/2006/11/busting_another_darwinist_myth_1.html#more

Busting Another Darwinist Myth: Skeptics of Evolution Do Exist Outside the United States!

A common Darwinist myth is that the only people who are skeptical of evolution are Americans. A recent article in the Virginia Informer stated, “John Swaddler, UK native and associate professor of biology at the College [of William and Mary], noted that the media phenomenon of creationism/ID vs. evolution doesn’t happen in countries besides America.” Saddler is promoting a common Darwinist claim which is simply untrue:

As we’ve noted recently, there has been a push to teach intelligent design in the United Kingdom. This summer an article in the London Guardian noted that over 30% of British students support non-evolutionary accounts of the history of life. Such skepticism extends far beyond the U.K. Nature reported that Poland is experiencing an “aggressive anti-evolution campaign.” According to another Nature article, there’s a legal controversy over teaching evolution in Russia as well. Finally, a very recent Nature news article entitled “Anti-evolutionists raise their profile in Europe” discusses challenges to evolution in Poland, Belgium, France, Germany, Britain, Russia, Italy, and Turkey over the past few years.

Some of these disputes resemble American disputes over evolution-education. For example, Poland’s minister of science, Micha Seweryski, perfectly expressed the typical position of Darwinists: “’There is no need for a discussion,’” he told Nature. ‘Scientific evidence is clear and the opinion of a minority will not change teaching in schools.’” (”Polish scientists fight creationism,” Nature, Vol 443:890, Oct. 26, 2006, emphasis added) Seweryski’s dogmatism speaks for itself.

Of course Darwinists try to pretend that evolution-skepticism is unique to America in order to promote what Justice Antonin Scalia called the “beloved secular legend of the [Scopes] Monkey Trial,” which claims Darwin skepticism is entirely religiously based. Regardless of what Micha Seweryski says, there are many scientific reasons to be skeptical of Neo-Darwinism.

In my opinion, we should drop these myths, stop excluding “minority” opinions, and start discussing the evidence!

Posted by Casey Luskin on November 24, 2006 1:07 PM