The Accidental Creationist Conspiracy
We didn’t mean to. But those of us who fight for more and better evolution education have occasionally unwittingly teamed up with radical creationists to promulgate a false myth about the nature of...
View ArticleCan Massachusetts Ban Creationism?
Or maybe the more important question is this: Will this bill work? Its goal is to keep “science denialism” out of the Massachusetts curriculum. I’m all for it, but I don’t think it will actually do the...
View ArticleI Love You but You Didn’t Do the Reading
Hot enough for ya? Even in this July heat wave, the interwebs kept cranking out stories about schools and dinosaurs n stuff. Here are some of the top items in this week’s news roundup: “We Believe in...
View ArticleRadical Creationists Fall into the Poetry Trap
Want to understand American creationism? Then don’t dig into Charles Darwin or even Bill Nye. The key to American creationism isn’t science, not even its peculiar “zombie” science. No, to understand...
View ArticleYou’d Think Radical Creationists Would Want to Keep This Quiet
At first glance, one might think that radical young-earth creationists like Ken Ham would want to cover it up. But he doesn’t. Ham loudly crows about the fact that learning science can turn his flock...
View ArticleThe Ink Is Dry!
For all you secular people out there: Have you ever wondered why so many religious people seem determined to make themselves look as stupid as they possibly can? And for the Christians: Tired of people...
View ArticleWhy Would a Christian Tell Kids to Cheat?
Usually whenever arch-creationist Ken Ham says something shocking, it is because of the zombie science or harsh anti-LGBTQ animus involved. This time, however, I was shocked to see that Ham seemed to...
View ArticleI’ll Give You $1,000,000 if This Creationist Plan Works
Here comes Halloween, and in the USA that means giving out candy to neighborhood kids who come to your door dressed as Elsa. The radical creationists at Answers in Genesis have offered their...
View ArticleAre Public Schools “Churches of Atheism?”
Once again, I totally agree with radical creationist Ken Ham about something. Not that the earth was created only about 7,000 years ago. Not that a real worldwide flood wiped out everything except...
View ArticleCreationism’s Middle Ground—Is It Enough?
The radical creationists at Answers in Genesis have offered an explanation of their vision for proper evolution education. Short version: They want all kids to learn about mainstream evolutionary...
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