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Organizations with the word “Family” in their name are invariably fundamentalists and creationists (with the possible exception of “Family Planning”), and OneNewsNow, the website of the “American Family News Network,” is a case in point as they react to the news of the “Ida” fossil by consulting Ken Ham, leader ...
Answers In Genesis, Creationism, paleontology, transitional fossil, Science, Evolution
Tonight’s post about Melanie Phillips’ highly dubious article on “intelligent design” creationism prompted the following email, from a creationist in Australia who emails these ranting missives within minutes of every LGF post on the subject (more than 60 emails at last count). In this one, he cites scripture and lets ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, Creation Ministries International, Answers In Genesis
Here’s a creationist movement of which we can heartily approve: Creationist Students Take Trip to Evolution Headquarters: The Smithsonian. Every winter, David DeWitt takes his biology class to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, but for a purpose far different from that of other professors. DeWitt brings his ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Answers In Genesis, Smithsonian, Liberty University
Michael Shermer of the Skeptics Society interviews Answers in Genesis’s star young earth creationist Georgia Purdom (who has a Ph.D. in molecular genetics from Ohio State University), at the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY on February 18, 2009. Apparently this video may not be on Google video for much longer, ...
Evolution, Creationism, Answers In Genesis, Michael Shermer, Skeptics Society, creation museum, Kentucky, YEC
The French love stories like this. It gives them an excuse to look down their Gallic noses at Americans, and in this case, they’re infuriatingly right: Creationism going strong on Darwin anniversary. [Video] Forget about dinosaurs, the origins of life, and the birth of the universe. According to Ken ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Answers In Genesis, Ken Ham, Kentucky, creation museum, France
Irony alert: on the page for the New York Times Art and Leisure Week “Special Cultural Offerings” promotion, choose “Kentucky” (KY) and “Museum” from the dropdown menus and click Submit, and you’ll discover that last weekend the Times was pushing a package deal that included a visit to Ken Ham’s ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Answers In Genesis, Ken Ham, Kentucky, creation museum, New York Times
The Cincinnati Zoo inexplicably decided to enter into a promotional deal with the ludicrous anti-scientific Answers in Genesis “Creation Museum” last week, but that didn’t last long after science bloggers found out: Creation ‘Museum’ rebuffed by Cincinnati Zoo. “A promotional deal between the Cincinnati Zoo and the Creation Museum ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Answers In Genesis, Ken Ham, Kentucky, creation museum
Here’s a highly entertaining account of a trip to the Creation Museum in Kentucky, by Daniel Phelps, president of the Kentucky Paleontological Society: The Anti-Museum. Well, it would be highly entertaining if it weren’t so very sad. The Dragon Theater features a short video on dinosaurs that absurdly ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Answers In Genesis, Ken Ham, Kentucky, creation museum
Ever wonder what goes on at a creationist convention? Here’s a look at a recent convention featuring two of the most well-known creationist groups, Answers in Genesis and the Institute for Creation Research: Petrified Human Brain. Note: this isn’t just any old petrified human brain. It’s a fossil of ...
Evolution, Creationism, Answers In Genesis, Institute for Creation Research, kooks
Since I’ve posted two articles about Sarah Palin’s statements on creationism, let’s go across the aisle and see what the fanatical Darwin-hating creationists at “Answers In Genesis” think. They’re also examining Palin’s statements, and of course they’re eagerly hoping she’ll be an advocate for their weird pseudo-science: Is She Really ...
LGF, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science, Religion, Creationism, Ken Ham, Answers In Genesis