CREATIONISM EVOLUTION DEBATE

RELIGION
The Argument Against the 'Scientific' Origin of Life
By Dr. Sten Odenwald, Contributor
Astronomer, NASA Heliophysics Education Consortium
You have heard Creationists and their sympathizers evoke the comment that you cannot assemble life from randomness. What you don't know is that this is an intentional misunderstanding of science that, unfortunately, works to sway millions of people.
EDUCATION
Adventures of a Creationist at the Field Museum
By Steven Newton, Contributor
Professor of Geology, College of Marin
A homeschooling mom's video recently went viral and offers insight into the minds of people outraged at the idea of science museums. An audit implies a power relationship, and Fox had come to the Field Museum on a mission to put those scientists in their place.
RELIGION
God Is Evil (or T. rex Ate Melons)
By Robert J. Asher, Contributor
Contributor
How could an educated citizen of the 21st century ever reach the conclusion that a saber-toothed cat or Tyrannosaurus rex preferred eating fruit over flesh?
RELIGION
The God Who Sings Creation
By Rev. Kenneth Tanner, Contributor
Pastor, Holy Redeemer; Writer
If this same God chose to reveal himself to the universe he made by the poverty of a baby born in obscurity -- if God is
RELIGION
Creationism Versus the Bible
By Joel S. Baden, Contributor
Associate Professor of Old Testament, Yale Divinity School
If you tuned in to the Ken Ham vs. Bill Nye creationism vs. science debate, you may well have found yourself thinking, 'This guy just doesn't get it.' And, regardless of which side you're on or which guy you were referring to, you were probably right.
RELIGION
Bill Nye Vs. Ken Ham Debate And The American Split On Evolution Vs. Creationism Based On Religious Tradition
In its survey, PRRI asked those who believe in creationism when life began. About 19 percent of creationists said humans
RELIGION
A Baha'i Take on the Creation/Evolution Debate
By Stephen R. Friberg, Contributor
Stephen Friberg is an experimental physicist and a Baha'i.
Many, including members of the Baha'i Faith, look forward to a future when science and religion -- and faith and reason -- are reconciled and no longer opposed.
RELIGION
Bill Nye, My Dad's Tie, and the Creation-Evolution Debate
By Jack Levison, Contributor
WJA Power Chair of Old Testament at Southern Methodist Univers...
No matter what side of the creation-evolution debate you are on, your partisanship costs you dearly. Why? Because it costs you the ability to read the Bible on its own terms. What do we lose by straightjacketing the Bible with the creation-evolution debate?
RELIGION
Three Things I Want to See Come Out of the Bill Nye-Ken Ham Debate
By Joseph Hill, Contributor
Founder, Podcast Host, Father
It kind of blew my mind to consider that the point of Genesis 1 could possibly not be a literal six day creation. The professor
RELIGION
A New Objection to Intelligent Design
By Robert J. Asher, Contributor
Contributor
Intelligent Design doesn't offer theories on how, but speculates about who. In a general sense, such conjecture is compatible with a kind of theistic evolution, a metaphysical philosophy which I actually find reasonable.
POLITICS
Creationists May Be Helping To Choose Biology Textbooks In Texas
By Rebecca Klein
The political leanings of review panelists are especially noteworthy because Texas textbooks have the power to influence
POLITICS
Ohio Creationism Proposal Still Up For Consideration In Springboro Schools
By Rebecca Klein
The board attempted to add creationism to the district’s curriculum in 2011. However, that proposal failed due to public
VIDEOS
'Next Generation Scientific Standards' May Face Tough Battle with Politics
A new set of science standards released by Achieve, an educational nonprofit, could transform American science education -- if politicians can keep their distance. The "Next Generation Science Standards" took two years to create, and are the result of a drafting committee of 41 members -- including Nobel Prize laureates, National Research Council members, science education researchers and standards and policy experts.
SCIENCE
'Next Generation Scientific Standards' May Face Tough Battle With Politics
The "Next Generation Science Standards" took two years to create, and are the result of a drafting committee of 41 members
RELIGION
The Evolution of Anti-Evolutionism
By Karl Giberson, Contributor
Professor of Science & Religion at Stonehill College
Students who go on to study science and join the scientific community will one day work on actual scientific controversies -- and there are many. But they are not the ones that the anti-evolutionists want to see in America's public schools.
EDUCATION
Creationism's New Trojan Horse
By Zack Kopplin, Contributor
Student, Rice University, Science Education Activist
Teaching our students creationism is wrong. American citizens must stand up and demand that their state governments stop funding creationism with public money. We must teach evidence based science and not fund voucher schools which will fail our students.
SCIENCE
Could Bill Nye Have Done More to Keep Creationism out of the Classroom?
By James Shapiro, Contributor
Professor of Microbiology at the University of Chicago
The most up-to-date evolution science is useful because we can demonstrate it in real time to Creationists and their children. That is by far the best way to change their thinking and reduce their influence on our schools.
RELIGION
Is Young-Earth Creationism Biblical?
By Craig Keener, Contributor
F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies, Asbury T...
Young-earth creationism, which argues that the world was created in six 24-hour days, is widely promoted on a popular level. Less publicized is that a large number of evangelical thinkers prefer a different range of options.
SCIENCE
Dumb ALEC and Its "Breathtaking Inanity"
By Jim Hutchins, Contributor
Neuroscientist and author; Professor, Weber State University
There is still some scientific disagreement about man-caused climate change, this much is true. But there is no debate or controversy whatsoever on evolution; it's generally accepted science in broad terms.
POLITICS
Louisiana Bill Seeks To Overturn State's Anti-Evolution Law
Louisiana State Senator Karen Carter Peterson wants to make sure evolution's taught in Louisiana science classes. This week
RELIGION
Indiana Creationism Teaching Bill Moves Forward In State Senate
*This story has been updated for greater clarity. Based on respondents' write-in answers, the researchers surmised that many
POLITICS
Jerry Bergevin, New Hampshire Legislator, Links Evolution With Nazis And Columbine
By John Celock
A Republican state lawmaker in New Hampshire who introduced legislation to stop the teaching of evolution in schools has
RELIGION
'Missing Links': A Book About Us
By Dan Agin, Contributor
Author
The book is immensely readable. But apart from the wondrous journey into human origins, there is one group that should read this book word for word: every fundamentalist who doubts science.
EDUCATION
Unleash the Kraken! Creationism, Kookiness, and Alleged Censorship
By Steven Newton, Contributor
Professor of Geology, College of Marin
One strength of science is its process for considering even outlandish proposals, giving them a fair and skeptical hearing, and discarding those ideas which simply do not have the evidence.
CHICAGO
Suburban School District Candidates Believe Creationism Should Be Taught
A similar ruling in 2005, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, struck down the then-popular creationism variant known
RELIGION
'The Genesis Code' Draws A (Political) Crowd
By Jeff Cranson Religion News Service GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.(RNS) Mixing science and religion seems a good recipe for on-screen
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