Apr

14

Expelled: No Darwin Allowed

April 14, 2010 by Brandon | 3 Comments

At least the Catholics have one thing going for them, and that’s their acceptance of evolution. As one theology professor has learned, it’s pretty dangerous for you to openly admit to accepting evolution in some theology schools of “higher learning.”

Florida’s Reformed Theological Seminary has kicked professor Bruce K. Waltke out after a video blog of his surfaced. In the video, Waltke allegedly states that Christianity’s continued denial of evolution will “make [them] a cult.”

A pretty bold statement from a professor at a seminary with an explicit mandate on never mentioning evolution.

What I find so amusing about this is the blatant hypocrisy on display here. The religious right is bent on “teaching the controversy” in our public schools, that is, injecting intelligent design into biology classes so that students can have “both sides” of the argument. Yet when it comes to their schools, they’ll force a professor out for his private thoughts on the matter outside of the classroom.

I wonder what Ben Stein has to say about this. Perhaps he should make another documentary about religious schools not teaching evolution and firing professors who discuss the subject, because after all, the purpose of his film was simply to demonstrate the unfairness and bias in the education system. Right? Yeah, right.



Jun

9

What Have We Here?

June 9, 2009 by Brandon | 8 Comments

Why… it’s a 5 million year old whale fossil.

Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, young earth creationists.



Aug

11

For those interested, there is a survey of public understanding of evolution being conducted. Please take it.

http://www.evolutionsurvey.com/

Please note that you are required to complete ALL fields except those that have been indicated as ‘optional’. Failure to answer all mandatory questions may, depending on your browser, result in your having to complete the survey again from the beginning.



Jun

20

This is just beyond freakin’ nuts.

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (AP) – A public school teacher preached his Christian beliefs despite complaints by other teachers and administrators and used a device to burn the image of a cross on students’ arms, according to a report by independent investigators. Mount Vernon Middle School teacher John Freshwater also taught creationism in his science class and was insubordinate in failing to remove a Bible and other religious materials from his classroom, the report said.

School board members were scheduled to meet Friday afternoon to discuss the findings by consulting firm H.R. On Call Inc., hired by the district to investigate. The report was released Thursday.



May

26

You might be interested in checking out these short essays in response to this question posed by the John Templeton Foundation.

I specifically like this answer, which you can read here in a PDF.



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What is Fractal Wrongness?

The state of being wrong at every conceivable scale of resolution. That is, from a distance, a fractally wrong person's worldview is incorrect; and furthermore, if you zoom in on any small part of that person's worldview, that part is just as wrong as the whole worldview.

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