The Catholic Church no longer teaches creationism — the belief that God created the world in six days as described in the Bible — and says that the account in the book of Genesis is an allegory for the way God created the world. But it objects to using evolution to back an atheist philos[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Evolution’
January 4th, 2011 - 3:47 pm § in Uncategorized
Evolution: There WAS a plan!
Now we know that the design part of intelligent design is true … the problem is the design is unintelligent. One of the most common bits of nonsense from the creationists and ID folk is the claim that there are no missing links. They suggest that species arise all of suggen by the Intelligen[...]
December 31st, 2010 - 8:11 pm § in Uncategorized
Humor … Really, Humor About the Rightwing.
Conservatives have a larger area of the brain associated with fear. The “exciting” correlation was found by scientists at University College London who scanned the brains of two members of parliament and a number of students. Read more at the Telegraph[...]
December 29th, 2010 - 1:48 am § in Religion
Genesis: Origins of Us
from PZ Myers Pharyngula Origin stories are common to all religions. The real story, seen through science, is even more wonderful! For those who do not remember high school biology, “life” is defined by the creation of cells .. bags of stuff that are able to replicate themselves. Th[...]
Ardipithecus and the research university
from the Berkeley Blog Kevin Padian, professor of paleontology and evolutionary biology at Berkeley (and a cousin of mine) has previoulsy spoken out against the farce of intelligent design, earning him an ironic comparison to Archie Bunker (click on image). His post in the Berkeley Blog addresses a [...]
December 22nd, 2010 - 5:01 pm § in Misc.
Missing Link Found! Neanderthals Persist and Believe in Creationism!
The tip of a girl’s ’s finger from a cave in Siberia’s Altai Mountains says the neanderthal genome lives on! see Nature Now what will our friends the creationists do? and what is there about the French and the Han having a common ancestor? In the meantime: “PRINCETON, NJ — Four[...]
Obama, the Failed Professor?
I would like to suggest that our national problems have a strong message about the failures of American education. President Obama’s policies, given the challenges we face, have been outstanding, but his ability to teach Americans why these things need to be done has been abysmal. I say “[...]