Archives for: February 2006, 28

02/28/06

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Russian Schoolgirl's Parents Fight to Ban Darwin from Curriculum

The Moscow News reports that parents of a 15-year-old Russian schoolgirl have filed a suit against the Education Ministry, demanding to ban Darwin’s theory of evolution from the school program.

Darwin’s theory infringes the children’s right to believe in the creation of man, depriving them of the right to have different world outlooks, say the parents of Maria Shreiber from St. Petersburg.

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Permalinkby 07:45:15 pm, Categories: Education, 70 words   English (US)

Nevada proposal raises questions about evolution

As reported by Brendan Riley of the Las Vegas Sun, a proposed constitutional amendment would require Nevada teachers to instruct students that there are many questions about evolution - a method viewed by critics as an opening to teach intelligent design.

Las Vegas masonry contractor Steve Brown filed his initiative petition with the secretary of state's office, and must collect 83,184 signatures by June 20 to get the plan on the November ballot.

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Permalinkby 07:42:01 pm, Categories: Education, 36 words   English (US)

Anti-Darwin Bill Fails in Utah

Kirk Johnson, in the New York Times, reports on a "defeat" for critics of Darwin. The Utah House of Representatives voted down a bill intended to challenge the theory of evolution in high school science classes.

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Permalinkby 07:25:31 am, Categories: Current Events, 36 words   English (US)

Creationism's Henry M. Morris, dead at 87

Baptist Press News reports on the sad news of the death of one of Creationism's giants, Dr. Henry Morris.

Dr. Morris's influence has had immeasurable impact on the culture of the 20th and early 21st centuries.

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Permalinkby 06:54:59 am, Categories: Education, 14 words   English (US)

Intelligent Design, Evolution, and the Life of Our Culture

James Tonkowich, writing for By Faith Online, does an extensive overview of the debate.

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    Most guys going through midlife crisis buy a convertible. Austrialian Stephen E. Jones went back to college to get a biology degree and is now a proponent of ID and common ancestry.

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    Complete zipped downloadable pdf copy of David Stove's devastating, and yet hard-to-find, critique of neo-Darwinism entitled "Darwinian Fairytales"

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    Intelligent Design The Future is a multiple contributor weblog whose participants include the nation's leading design scientists and theorists: biochemist Michael Behe, mathematician William Dembski, astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez, philosophers of science Stephen Meyer, and Jay Richards, philosopher of biology Paul Nelson, molecular biologist Jonathan Wells, and science writer Jonathan Witt. Posts will focus primarily on the intellectual issues at stake in the debate over intelligent design, rather than its implications for education or public policy.

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