Today's story: Catholic and Anglican archbishops in Australia have said that i ntelligent design theory should be taught in public and private schools. Catholic Archbishop Barry Hickey said intelligent design theory would give students a chance to question the mysteries of life that science can't explain. Education Minister Mark McGowan said he would not introduce intelligent design into the schools because it is not evidence-based. [source: Perth Now ] Listen to the 1-minute broadcast of... Read Full Story
Transcript of today's show: The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, criticized both extremes, saying: "Neo Darwinism and Creationist science deserve each other. Creationism is a version of slightly questionable science pretending to be theology, and Neo Darwinism is a questionable theology pretending to be science." Both Neo Darwinism and Christianity are telling stories, the Archbishop continued, Christianity acknowledges that fact, Neo Darwinism doesn't. [source: Times Online... Read Full Story
Today's show: In a June 2007 Gallup poll of American adults: 48% said they believe that God, in a single act, created human beings in their present form, sometime within the last 10,000 years 30% of the respondents believe in a divinely guided evolution, in which man evolved over millions of years from less advanced forms of life 13% believe that God played no part in the evolution of human beings. [source: USA Today ] Listen to the 1-minute broadcast of this story [mp3] Sound Off: Science... Read Full Story
Transcript of today's show: The Discovery Institute has been reporting unfair and erroneous Wikipedia entries on intelligent design that are biased against the theory. They claim that some statements incorrectly associate intelligent design theory with religious belief, and that in other instances, statements supporting intelligent design have been repeatedly removed. They also contend that critics dominate the Wikipedia entry, with as many as 50% or more of the references containing... Read Full Story
Transcript of today's show: In a public outburst last fall, Poland's deputy education minister criticized evolution theory as a lie that science has cleverly sought to legitimize. Miroslaw Orzechowski has called for a debate on removing Darwin's theory from schools. To date, there has been no debate, but Polish teachers have grown fearful of repercussions from teaching evolution. Meanwhile, the deputy minister continues to criticize Darwin, whose theory, he says, was merely the ramblings of... Read Full Story
Transcript of today's show: Don McLeroy, the new chair of the Texas state Board of Education, is threatening to throw out high school biology books because they don't list weaknesses in Darwin's theory of evolution. McLeroy’s opponents accuse him of harboring a shocking hostility both to sound science education and religious tolerance. Meanwhile, Texas parents and educators brace themselves for a new round of antievolution activity. [source: National Center for Science Education ] Listen to... Read Full Story
Note: In honor of Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday, I plan to dedicate much of the month of February to a new series called ‘the truth about evolution’. In this series, I hope to present a respectful, yet challenging dialogue on the evolutionary argument. For me, one of the key questions in the discussion on evolution vs. creationism (and/or intelligent design) is not one on points surrounding the fossil record, or even young earth vs. old earth theories. But rather one of the most important... Read Full Story
Today's story: Darwin’s chief illustrator has been accused of producing fraudulent drawings in order to provide better evidence for Darwin’s arguments. Ernst Haeckel deliberately fudged his drawings to reveal similarities in embryonic development among species. An international team of experts recently compared Haeckel's drawings with actual embryos and have concluded that Haeckel's work is one of the most famous fakes in biology. In spite of this widespread discrediting, Haeckel's drawings... Read Full Story
Today's story: Yes, there were baby dinosaurs in Noah's Ark, according to Australian evangelist Ken Ham , whose Creation Musuem opens this Memorial Day. The Baby Dinosaurs were in the Ark because they were small enough to fit and co-existed with mankind on an Earth that is only 6,000 years old, according to Answers in Genesis, the organization responsible for the Museum opening May 28th near Cincinnati, Ohio. Source: Dylan T. Lovan/Associated Press Listen to the 1-minute broadcast of this... Read Full Story
Today's story: New teaching standards in South Carolina public high schools encourage science teachers to criticize evolution theory. Opponents of this policy argue that this throws the door wide open to inclusion—and perhaps emphasis—on creationism and intelligent design in science classes. Proponents insist that questioning Darwin theory will improve the students’ education by expanding their viewpoints of the origin of life. source: American Institute of Biological Sciences Listen to the... Read Full Story
