Wrong Not Crazy
Are creationists crazy? Dumb? Ignorant? Guilty of child abuse? Of course, some creationists might be all or any of those things. But in spite of the overheated accusations of some science...
View ArticleThe Missionary Supposition
Is evolution a religion? Are its teachers missionaries? That has long been the accusation by some conservative religious folks. The godfather of today’s young-earth creationist movement, Henry...
View ArticleCreation, Evolution, and College Marketing
Bryan College is having a rough time. The school is experiencing angst as it wrestles with a new policy about the origins of humanity. The leadership is insisting that members of the school community...
View ArticleI Don’t Know What to Believe…
I don’t even know what to know, or what knowing means, or what believing might mean. The good news is that I’m not alone. No one seems sure of these things, especially not when it comes to touchy...
View ArticleCreationism in the Land of the Bible
Quick: When I say “creationist,” whom do you picture? Ken Ham, the Australian-American creationist impresario of Kentucky? Or Arye Dary of Israel’s Shas Party? As Josh Rosenau of the National Center...
View ArticleMixing It Up with Pope Francis
Confused by the incessant culture-war back and forth on the issue of climate change? Usually, it’s pretty easy to pick a side. Since, as Yale Law School’s Dan Kahan argues, what we “believe” about...
View ArticleAre We in Danger from the Bigots and Ignoramuses?
Are you afraid of creationists? If you’re a secular, progressive person like me, you might be. You might fret that our school boards and textbook publishers are being bullied by radical creationists...
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