tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post3299821634527470251..comments2024-03-29T07:42:18.296-07:00Comments on Chain The Dogma: Video demonstration of how Christian fundamentalists indoctrinate children with anti-science creationist liesPerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-45168943480807095772016-02-12T10:32:34.033-08:002016-02-12T10:32:34.033-08:00Proponents of intelligent design say they have no ...Proponents of intelligent design say they have no agenda and are working to promote a scientific theory.<br /><br />“Evolution is a constellation of lots of different questions and issues, and the peer-reviewed scientific literature is rife with disagreements about various parts of evolutionary theory,” John G. West, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, wrote in an email interview. “There Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-14507961815532077512016-02-12T10:32:24.812-08:002016-02-12T10:32:24.812-08:00Darwin Day notwithstanding, evolution debate keeps...<b>Darwin Day notwithstanding, evolution debate keeps, well, evolving</b><br /><br />by Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service February 11, 2016<br /><br />(RNS) In 2005, a federal judge ruled that “intelligent design” — the idea that life is so complex it must have involved some sort of supernatural creator — isn’t science, but religion in disguise.<br /><br />Science educators heralded the Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-52417001079996225752016-02-06T16:19:01.971-08:002016-02-06T16:19:01.971-08:00At my school, at every prospective parents’ evenin...<i>At my school, at every prospective parents’ evening I say: ‘We teach that evolution is a fact; because it is.’ In your school, you may need to make that case yourself.</i><br /><br />This refers to my last school – but I think I may also start saying it at my new school. Parents should know what to expect. The key thing is to distinguish between discussion and debate. This is hard for somePerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-37585892825787846802016-02-06T16:18:43.246-08:002016-02-06T16:18:43.246-08:00My approach in this assembly was to address the cr...My approach in this assembly was to address the creation issue directly, at the end. I tell my students that I am an atheist but that, if they have religious convictions in any faith, they will need to find a resolution between science and creation myths for themselves. I offer them the easy-fit model that many religious scientists adopt; that God can be found in creating or governing the laws Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-15190765877035335672016-02-06T16:15:19.285-08:002016-02-06T16:15:19.285-08:00My Evolution Assembly. And the Young Creationists....<b>My Evolution Assembly. And the Young Creationists.</b><br /><br />POSTED BY TOM SHERRINGTON ⋅headguruteacher.com JANUARY 23, 2016 <br /><br />“Charles Darwin had a big idea; arguably, the most powerful idea ever.” Richard Dawkins<br /><br />That’s the quote I used to start my assemblies this week. To me, it’s the most important and extraordinary story children should know and understand. ThePerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-12777321656345073742015-09-16T10:10:25.582-07:002015-09-16T10:10:25.582-07:00For decades Darwin had avoided publishing his idea...For decades Darwin had avoided publishing his ideas about evolution in order to shield his family, especially his religious wife, from any hint of scandal. On this letter to McDermott, he scrawled the word “private” across the top, a significant addition considering the provocative content. Even at the age of 71, he was wary of expressing his true thoughts about his faith. “Darwin never flaunted Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-75430090753854207482015-09-16T10:10:14.374-07:002015-09-16T10:10:14.374-07:00Charles Darwin letter repudiating the Bible heads ...<b>Charles Darwin letter repudiating the Bible heads to auction</b><br /><br />Blunt note stating that he did not believe the Bible was ‘divine revelation’ nor that Jesus was the son of God could fetch $90,000: ‘It is the ultimate piece’<br /><br />by Rebecca Rego Barry, The Guardian September 16, 2015 <br /><br />In November 1880, Charles Darwin received a request from a young barrister named Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-38481622665417031222015-07-12T11:28:56.920-07:002015-07-12T11:28:56.920-07:00In both studies Gervais found a statistically sign...In both studies Gervais found a statistically significant relationship between the extent to which individuals exhibited a more analytic style and their endorsement of evolution. Importantly, the relationship remained significant even when controlling for other variables that predict evolutionary beliefs, including belief in God, religious upbringing and political conservatism.<br /><br />The Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-88199549131232483692015-07-12T11:28:26.728-07:002015-07-12T11:28:26.728-07:00Dont Believe In Evolution Try Thinking Harder
by ...<b>Dont Believe In Evolution Try Thinking Harder</b><br /><br />by Tania Lombrozo, NPR JUNE 29, 2015<br /><br />The theory of evolution by natural selection is among the best established in science, yet also among the most controversial for subsets of the American public.<br /><br />For decades we've known that beliefs about evolution are well-predicted by demographic factors, such as Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-65113240715564766832015-04-12T13:53:48.288-07:002015-04-12T13:53:48.288-07:00Novak said the Gideon Bible issue itself was resol...Novak said the Gideon Bible issue itself was resolved in 2012 when controversy sparked debate and a new policy 518 was issued by the board in 2013 that ensured a review process.<br /><br />“We actually aren’t distributing the Gideon Bible,” she said. “It is not being distributed to Grade 5 students or in our schools.”<br /><br />Novak said she wouldn’t authorize permission slips to get either thePerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-15238366716442125342015-04-12T13:53:29.116-07:002015-04-12T13:53:29.116-07:00Dawkins book denied distribution in Chilliwack sch...<b>Dawkins book denied distribution in Chilliwack schools</b><br /><br />by Greg Laychak - Chilliwack Times April 1, 2015<br /><br />An educational charity organization claims that its submission of a textbook to the Chilliwack school district was not fairly considered when it was denied entry into public school circulation last month.<br /><br />In late February, Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC)Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-46651596415442406942015-01-04T14:24:33.873-08:002015-01-04T14:24:33.873-08:00
In a very real sense, Prigogine’s work laid the f...<br />In a very real sense, Prigogine’s work laid the foundations for what England is doing today, which is why it might be overstated to credit England with originating this theory, as several commentators at Quanta pointed out, noting other progenitors as well (here, here andhere, among others). But already England appears to have assembled a collection of analytical tools, along with a Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-38773546321292106412015-01-04T14:24:17.589-08:002015-01-04T14:24:17.589-08:00Giordano Bruno, who was burnt at the stake for her...Giordano Bruno, who was burnt at the stake for heresy in 1600, was perhaps the first to take Copernicanism to its logical extension, speculating that stars were other suns, circled by other worlds, populated by beings like ourselves. His extreme minority view in his own time now looks better than ever, thanks to England.<br /><br />If England’s theory works out, it will obviously be an epochal Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-51989566478502117852015-01-04T14:23:03.066-08:002015-01-04T14:23:03.066-08:00How a MIT Science Prof Is Threatening to Undo Ever...<b>How a MIT Science Prof Is Threatening to Undo Everything the Religious Right Holds Dear</b><br /><br />By Paul Rosenberg / Salon January 3, 2015<br /><br />The Christian right’s obsessive hatred of Darwin is a wonder to behold, but it could someday be rivaled by the hatred of someone you’ve probably never even heard of. Darwin earned their hatred because he explained the evolution of life in Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-52091237352607744232014-11-16T11:27:02.901-08:002014-11-16T11:27:02.901-08:00Yes because there are more people in the world — a...Yes because there are more people in the world — another billion people all trying to use the world’s resources. And the threat and consequences of climate change are more serious than ever, so we need as many people engaged in how we’re going to deal with that as possible. And we have an increasingly technologically sophisticated society. We are able to feed these 7.2 billion people because of Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-84282681883025977462014-11-16T11:26:43.008-08:002014-11-16T11:26:43.008-08:00A Fight for the Young Creationist Mind
In ‘Undeni...<b>A Fight for the Young Creationist Mind</b><br /><br />In ‘Undeniable,’ Bill Nye Speaks Evolution Directly to Creationists<br /><br />By JEFFERY DelVISCIO NOVEMBER 3, 2014<br /><br />In February, William Sanford Nye, better known as Bill Nye the science guy, stepped onto a stage in Kentucky and faced down a hostile crowd in a debate that pitted evolution against creationism. It wasn’t his Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-24144668756709412522014-10-05T11:47:01.395-07:002014-10-05T11:47:01.395-07:00The twofold demolition begins by defeating what mo...The twofold demolition begins by defeating what modern creationists call the argument from complexity. This once seemed persuasive, best known from William Paley’s 19th-century claim that, just as the existence of a complex structure like a watch demands the existence of a watchmaker, the existence of complex organisms requires a supernatural creator. Since Darwin, however, we have come to Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-39942566586896233502014-10-05T11:46:36.524-07:002014-10-05T11:46:36.524-07:00God Darwin and My College Biology Class
By DAVID ...<b>God Darwin and My College Biology Class</b><br /><br />By DAVID P. BARASH, NEW YORK TIMES - OPINION SEPT. 27, 2014<br /><br />EVERY year around this time, with the college year starting, I give my students The Talk. It isn’t, as you might expect, about sex, but about evolution and religion, and how they get along. More to the point, how they don’t.<br /><br />I’m a biologist, in fact an Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-77006705228057595672014-02-12T10:21:40.879-08:002014-02-12T10:21:40.879-08:00To borrow Dennetts inimitable turn of phrase once ...To borrow Dennetts inimitable turn of phrase once again, the idea of natural selection is a "universal acid":<br /><br /><i>it eats through just about every traditional concept, and leaves in its wake a revolutionized world-view, with most of the old landmarks still recognizable, but transformed in fundamental ways.</i><br /><br />Darwin's impact on the world far transcends science.Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-86655200002252798862014-02-12T10:21:11.018-08:002014-02-12T10:21:11.018-08:00Darwins Dangerous Idea - the discovery of how natu...<b>Darwins Dangerous Idea - the discovery of how natural selection works, is the 'most important idea anyone ever had'</b><br /><br />It Is Darwin Day, a Celebration of Science and Reason<br /><br />by Rob Brooks, Huffington Post February 12, 2014<br /><br />Happy Darwin Day!<br /><br />Is that even an appropriate thing to wish somebody? Especially so close toValentine's day?<br /><Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-34115891473345539272014-02-01T13:53:18.429-08:002014-02-01T13:53:18.429-08:00The final reason offered for doing nothing is that...The final reason offered for doing nothing is that no amount of intervention can possibly prevent every instance of neglect and abuse. The homeschool alumni who are calling for reformhave never claimed otherwise. But when we see a parent slugging a three-year-old, we don’t look the other way because “some amount of abuse is bound to happen.” We don’t tell victims of other kinds of abuse to take Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-20641829073539511282014-02-01T13:52:54.854-08:002014-02-01T13:52:54.854-08:00As with nutritional or sanitary neglect, lack of e...As with nutritional or sanitary neglect, lack of education can create lifelong hardships for those it affects. Ask any adult who has taken a college course while working full-time. Then imagine tackling years of remedial elementary, middle and high school courses while supporting yourself—and possibly a family—with a job so menial it doesn’t require a high school education. This outcome may not Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-76548226565782279812014-02-01T13:51:38.185-08:002014-02-01T13:51:38.185-08:00Why Are Christian Fundamentalist Parents Allowed t...<b>Why Are Christian Fundamentalist Parents Allowed to Deny Their Kids Basic Literacy?</b><br /><br />By failing to educate their kids, these parents potentially squander a child’s entire lifetime of future earnings and achievements.<br /><br />By M Dolon Hickmon, AlterNet January 23, 2014<br /><br />The appropriate balance between freedom and harm can be hard to strike, particularly when it Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-17808336273355032342012-11-15T15:25:11.632-08:002012-11-15T15:25:11.632-08:00Evolution made clear for kids in “Pepper’s Special...<b>Evolution made clear for kids in “Pepper’s Special Wings”</b><br /><br />by: American Humanist Association November 14, 2012<br /><br />In order to give parents a fun and effective tool when teaching young children evolution and the science behind it, author Mary Anne Farah has written Pepper’s Special Wings, a children’s ebook that uses the Peppered Moth species, a recent example of natural Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com