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A stealth creationist in Santa Barbara « Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/a-stealth-creationist-in-santa-barbara
Why Evolution Is True. Laquo; Uncle Karl departs. The Louisiana “Science Education Act”: letter to Governor Jindal and request for reader action. A stealth creationist in Santa Barbara. Yesterday I got an email from one Tam Hunt, complaining that my popular book on evolution left out what he called “the warts that accompany the Modern synthesis [i.e., modern evolutionary theory developed beginning about 1935].” He referred me to an article he wrote in the. 8221; at the. He begins with a disclaimer,.
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“Nones” rise again in the U.S. « Why Evolution Is True
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Why Evolution Is True. Laquo; Readers’ wildlife photos. 8220;Nones” rise again in the U.S. The last time I looked, the proportion of “nones” those people who don’t describe themselves as formally affiliated with a church and don’t usually. To church was about 15% in the U.S. Now, a new study suggests it can be as high as wait for it. For the overall view, read a. New piece by Cathy Lynn Grossman in. 8220; Secularism grows as more U.S. Christians turn ‘churchless. But more than that,. Points to how you ca...
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Woman drowns in Dubai because her father wouldn’t let male lifeguards touch her « Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/woman-drowns-in-dubai-because-her-father-wouldnt-let-male-lifeguards-touch-her
Why Evolution Is True. Laquo; Good news from Oz: parents fight back against Christian proselytizing in public schools. Why do animal species vary so much in the shape of pupils in their eyes? Woman drowns in Dubai because her father wouldn’t let male lifeguards touch her. More recent information, posted here. And here’s the bad news that more than offsets the previous post. Place another life in the negative pan of the “Is religion good for humanity? The unnamed man had said he preferred to let her die r...
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“We’re not that kind of place”: Purdue (and the University of Chicago) stand up for free speech « Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2015/05/16/were-not-that-kind-of-place-purdue-and-the-university-of-chicago-stand-up-for-free-speech
Why Evolution Is True. Laquo; Rebecca Goldstein explains the Enlightenment. Sunday: Hili dialogue (and lagniappe). 8220;We’re not that kind of place”: Purdue (and the University of Chicago) stand up for free speech. I am being inundated with reports of censorship on American college campuses (and some British ones, too). The perpetrators, it seems, are largely student groups rather than university administrators, although all too often administrators are complicit in stifling free speech. 8220;It is for ...
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Philosopher Maarten Boudry shows the incompatibility between science and religion—in the pages of NCSE Reports « Why Evolution Is True
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Why Evolution Is True. Laquo; Readers’ wildlife photos. Philosopher Maarten Boudry shows the incompatibility between science and religion in the pages of NCSE Reports. With the supernatural. That, of course, is bogus: what else are tests of the efficacy of prayer, or tests of ESP and telekinesis, but science dealing with the supernatural? But I digress. What I wanted to bring to your attention is a review that the NCSE commissioned for “NCSE reports” from philosopher Maarten Boudry,. The book at issue is.
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Moralist abandons morality « Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/moralist-abandons-morality
Why Evolution Is True. Laquo; Jesus ‘n’ Mo tackle the Big Questions. Joel Marks, a philosopher and scholar at The Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics at Yale University, has a very odd column in Sunday’s New York Times. 8220; Confessions of an ex-moralist. Marks starts with his former acceptance of the argument made by Plato in. But I don’t. Not any longer. . . Kind of God. For when I think about the universe, I am filled with awe and wonder; if that feeling is God, then I am a believer. Does it not m...
