Archive for April, 2008
Monday, April 28th, 2008
(Image from Andy Lyons) I don’t think we need to worry about Expelled. Ben Stein is doing a perfectly fine job of destroying its credibility all by himself. Stein was on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last Friday. This is what he said (minus the unfunny banter with Ferguson): Darwinism doesn’t explain the [...]
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Playing Chess with Pigeons I found a good blog called Playing Chess with Pigeons, by Troy Britain. He mostly focusses on evolution and creationism. He has a lot of good articles. You should check it out. What really caught my fancy was his explanation of the blog’s title. I’m going to reprint most of it [...]
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
(Image from Scientia Militans) The latest Skeptics’ Circle is up over at Andrea’s Buzzing About. There are a lot of good articles on a variety of topics. One that I found enlightening was Seth Manapio’s analysis of Mein Kampf, in which he looks for evidence that Hitler was taking his marching orders directly from Darwin. [...]
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
…Earth. He’s down on the whole Earth Day thing. Here’s what Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council wrote about Earth Day: An estimated billion people are celebrating Earth Day around the world, but few seem to understand its true motivation. Today isn’t just another reminder to use recycled paper or drive energy-efficient cars. That’s [...]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
The Coral Ridge Hour is the TV show of the late D. James Kennedy. The episode they aired last Sunday was devoted to Expelled. Apparently they were expelled from math class as well. This “hour” was only 30 minutes long. Maybe they call it that, because when you watch it, it feels like an hour. [...]
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Fundie “news” site OneNewsNow allows readers to comment on their articles. Looking through those comments can be funny/scary. Obama Hates Religion! Brian Fitzpatrick wrote an opinion piece titled “Does Barack Obama disdain religion?” The article is about this widely-reported comment of Obama’s: It’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion [...]
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
The Blue Collar Scientist has published a meta-analysis of reviews of that giant steaming turd that Ben Stein expelled from his rectum. BCS says: In my searchings, I didn’t find any positive reviews that weren’t associated with religious or right-wing political publications — and then only two of those. He then presents excerpts from a [...]
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