I go to a small semi-private school in Victoria, a Christian school, supposedly non-denominational. Every fortnight we have a compulsory chapel service that runs for 45mins. Today we had Dr. Mark Harwood of creation.com come and lecture us on how the world was created. The whole thing was utterly pathetic, for 4 main reasons: 1. Yes […]
Posts Tagged ‘Evolution’
I recently mentioned, on my blog, Dr. Granville Sewell, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas, El Paso, in relation to a new book of his, filled with essays about intelligent design and evolution, that was recently published by the Discovery Institute. Sewell is an intelligent design proponent/advocate, and due to his status as […]
During a recent late-night attack of insomnia, spent cruising Youtube, I stumble on a debate from January 2008 between Christopher Hitchens and Rabbi Schmuley Boteach. The link is here, it is a little on the long side at an hour and a half but it well worth the look, if only to see Hitchens in […]
Hot on the tail of a DDoS attack on the Global Atheist Convention site, the Discovery Institute is reporting that the Shepherd Project Ministries website was attacked earlier this month in a similar way. The reason for the attack? The website contained information about upcoming talks by Discovery Institute fellows Stephen C Meyer, Michael Behe, […]
(For those without a detailed knowledge of anatomy, the ulnar nerve is the one struck when someone hits their “funny bone”. Ohoho, I’m so hilarious.) Oh Casey Luskin, what would the Internet do without you? It’s people like you, Denyse O’Leary and Cornelius Hunter that constantly remind the online evolution community how vigilant they need […]
The chance to have email debates with creationists is one of the reasons I write for the Young Australian Skeptics and have my own blog — I’m a debate junkie, actually. Nothing’s better than sinking your teeth into a few new arguments that you’ve never heard of, or at least taking the time to explain the problems […]
Oy gevalt…the folks at Answers in Genesis are at it again — or should that be continually? There’s a new article up on their blog that’s titled Are YOU Evolutionized? but could just have easily been titled Lying For Jesus: Part MMIX. This latest fossil of ignorance was unearthed by David Wright, who is apparently currently working on an […]
Have you ever wanted to know where your ancient ancestors came from – dating back as far as 60,000 years? Now Melbourne residents, who collectively make up one of the most genetically diverse populations in the world, have the opportunity to find out their migratory history over deep time when Melbourne University hosts “The Journey of Your Genes…the […]
