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This NOVA show about the landmark Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District creationism trial is a must-see, revealing the deceptive agenda of the “intelligent design” crowd in their own words and actions. Highly recommended. [Video] Also see: The Defeat of ‘Intelligent Design’ in Pennsylvania
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, dover, kitzmiller, Judge John E. Jones
Biologist Ken Miller, the Discovery Institute’s worst enemy, has three terrific guest posts at science writer Carl Zimmer’s blog, destroying the DI’s latest attempts to rewrite the history of the Dover creationism lawsuit: Smoke and Mirrors, Whales and Lampreys: A Guest Post by Ken Miller Ken Miller’s Guest Post, Part ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, dover, kitzmiller, Ken Miller
Our article on Monday about the presentation by Judge John E. Jones was a hit (six deleted comments and one full-on creationist meltdown), so here’s another very interesting interview with the Judge, a George W. Bush appointee who presided over the trial in Dover, Pennsylvania that ended up totally discrediting ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, dover, kitzmiller, Judge John E. Jones
Here’s an excellent presentation and Q & A session at Case Western University featuring Judge John E. Jones III, a George W. Bush appointee who presided over the trial in Dover, Pennsylvania that ended up totally discrediting the “intelligent design” hoax. [Video]
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, dover, kitzmiller, Judge John E. Jones, Case Western
Here’s an interesting podcast from the San Francisco Chronicle, featuring an interview with journalist Laurie Lebo, author of The Devil in Dover: An Insider’s Story of Dogma v. Darwin in Small-town America. Lebo grew up in a small town near Dover, Pennsylvania, where in 2004 the Board of Education tried ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, dover, kitzmiller, Laurie Lebo
An interesting presentation from the National Center for Science Education on the part they played in the Dover School District creationism case, and their analysis of differing drafts of the creationist textbook Of Pandas and People. The smoking gun moment was when they discovered the nonsense words “cdesign proponentsists” ...
LGF, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science, Religion, Creationism, discovery institute, kitzmiller, Dover School District
I was browsing through Charles Krauthammer’s columns today, and discovered this excellent piece on the Kitzmiller case, and the pseudo-scientific claptrap promoted by the Discovery Institute: Phony Theory, False Conflict. Let’s be clear. Intelligent design may be interesting as theology, but as science it is a fraud. It is ...
LGF, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science, Religion, Creationism, kitzmiller, Krauthammer
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District is a landmark case in the 150-Year Creationism War. The Dover School District voted in late 2004 to require the teaching of “intelligent design” as an alternative to the scientific theory of evolution (heavily influenced by the Discovery Institute’s propaganda), and they were promptly ...
kitzmiller, Pennsylvania, Creationism, Intelligent Design, LGF, Dover School District, discovery institute