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06/12/08

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Americans United Misrepresents the Facts about Louisiana Science Education Bill

In ENV...The Chicken Littles at Americans United for Separation of Church and State are now running around WARNING that

The Louisiana House of Representatives [has]... approved a measure that opens the door to teaching creationism in public schools...
Well, no, it didn't. The proposed Louisiana law expressly states in Section 1C that it "shall not be construed to promote any religious doctrine, promote discrimination for or against a particular set of religious beliefs, or promote discrimination for or against religion or nonreligion."

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Permalinkby 07:38:22 am, Categories: Books/Videos/Reviews, 37 words   English (US)

Textbook Teaches Strengths and Weaknesses

On ID the Future...the new textbook Explore Evolution: Arguments For and Against Neo-Darwinism is discussed. This is the first biology textbook to present the scientific evidence both for and against key aspects of Darwinian evolution.

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Permalinkby 07:35:23 am, Categories: Books/Videos/Reviews, Current Events, 80 words   English (US)

EMA to Honor Ben Stein's Free Speech

The Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) will recognize Ben Stein with its "Freedom of Expression Award" during EMA's Home Entertainment Awards ceremony June 24. The ceremony is part of EMA's Home Media Expo 2008, June 24-26 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Stein, a writer, actor, filmmaker, economist and lawyer, recently starred as the host of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, a documentary on intelligent design and its contention within the scientific community. The film hits DVD Oct. 21, from Vivendi Entertainment.

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Permalinkby 07:32:15 am, Categories: Education, Current Events, 41 words   English (US)

Louisiana House Passes Academic Freedom Bill on Evolution and Other Science Issues

ENV reports that by a vote of 94-3, Louisiana's House of Representatives today passed an academic freedom bill that would protect teachers and school districts who wish to promote critical thinking and objective discussion about evolution and other scientific topics.

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    Don Cicchetti blogs on: Culture, Music, Faith, Intelligent Design, Guitar, Audio

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  • Creation/Evolution Quotes

    Australian biologist Stephen E. Jones maintains one of the best origins "quote" databases around. He is meticulous about accuracy and working from original sources.

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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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    A Philosopher's Journey: Political and cultural reflections of John Mark N. Reynolds. Dr. Reynolds is Director of the Torrey Honors Institute at
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