Natural Selection and the Newspaper Industry
Evolution is a fact. We have seen it happen, so it is certain insofar as we can be certain of anything. Evolution is the basis for modern biology, and is as solidly supported by scientific evidence as...
View ArticleIntelligent design and special pleading
All too often I hear from people that there is proof of god everywhere. The trees and the birds, our hands and our feet, the flesh-eating bacteria and the natural disasters that destroy cities. OK,...
View ArticleThe Origin of Species, Ray Comfort, and profound ignorance
Ah, dishonesty! The day has come. We in the atheist and scientific communities have been waiting for it with mild amusement or annoyance. And to our surprise it came a day early. We almost missed it...
View ArticleLamarkian theology
It struck me today that one of the reasons that so many theologically-minded writers are so enamored by teleological thinking when it comes to evolutionary theory—whether it be Intelligent Design,...
View ArticleFacts or it didn’t happen: unhooking the bra of reality
So, you want to include Intelligent design, creationism, or some other moniker for questioning the overwhelmingly established science of evolution into our classrooms. You also, likely, equate...
View ArticleDarMatter2525 and old posts of mine
So, DarkMatter2525 is among my favorite YouTubers, and his newest video is a good reason why: It’s pretty excellent, and it reminds me of something I wrote almost 4 years ago, which is a conversation...
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