Proponents of “Intelligent Design” continue trying to portray their efforts as a struggle for civil rights, as in this amusing post touting Ben Stein as “the Rosa Parks of Darwin Skeptics.”
Category Archives: creationism
more on Expelled
February 9, 2008 – 9:41 pm
For anybody interested in the source, it’s in Augustine’s book The literal meaning of Genesis (where Augustine explains that Genesis does not literally mean what “literal” Creationsists claim that it means).
Ben Stein — EXPELLED
January 18, 2008 – 8:11 pm
Judging from the website, we can expect this movie to be an extraordinary example of the propaganda technique known as the Big Lie. The movie apparently hammers away at a few claims of monstrous misdeeds by the “neo-Darwinists,” with one fabricated example after another.
Texas decision on creationist masters degree postponed
January 16, 2008 – 1:38 pm
What is at stake here is not only whether this Creationist program will confer graduate degrees sanctioned by the State of Texas, but whether Texas will be interpreting its approval criteria in such a way that Texas accreditation can no longer serve as a basis for Science Teacher credentials, or for the NCLB requirement for a teacher in every classroom who is “Highly Qualified” in the specific subject they are teaching.
Creationist degree for science teachers: Trouble for Texas under NCLB?
January 12, 2008 – 9:43 pm
Would Texas state approval of the creationists’ masters degree program in “Science Education” jeopardize its satisfaction of the NCLB requirement for a “Highly Qualified Teacher” in every classroom, and its reciprocity arrangements for teacher qualification in other states?
more on Creation Institute’s “science education” masters degree
January 12, 2008 – 6:43 pm
To get a good overview of the Creation Institute’s “Master’s Degree Program in Science Education” without clicking through the pages on their site, you can visit Ed Darrell’s blog at http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/creationism-school-wants-to-offer-masters-degrees/
rich source on TX & creationist institute’s science education masters degree
January 9, 2008 – 5:08 pm
A rich source of materials on these matters is provided by TEXAS CITIZENS FOR SCIENCE.
“Design Found, Intelligence Lacking in Latest Attack by Darwinians”
January 8, 2008 – 11:10 pm
Here’s from Tony Perkins’ Washington Update for January 7 2008, on the website of the Family Research Council
Design Found, Intelligence Lacking in Latest Attack by Darwinians
The National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine have mounted yet another attack on the scientific theory of intelligent design, publishing an 89-page book titled Science, Evolution, and [...]
TX Advisory council recommends approval for creationism master’s degree
December 21, 2007 – 12:33 pm
The proposal for Texas approval for the Institute for Creation Research to offer a masters degree in science education (reported here earlier) has been approved by the advisoy council.
