Creation-Evolution Links 9/24/07

Byhenry September 24, 2007

Here are a few links related to the creation-evolution controversy that I saw over the weekend, with only short comments.

Besides consorting with prostitutes and lying about it, Senator [tag]David Vitter[/Tag] of Louisiana appears to have taken up the cause of federal funding for creationists. Now we not only get to have our public school science curriculum corrupted, we get to pay those who corrupt it.
Some followers of convicted felon and creationist [tag]Kent Hovind[/tag] would like to prevent his videos from appearing on YouTube.
Case Luskin appears unable to comprehend that just because some materialists are evolutionists does not mean that all evolutionists are materialists. I know logic is tough, Casey, but give it a try. (HT: The Panda’s Thumb.)

I’ve got a couple more, but I want to comment on them a bit more extensively.

From the Land of the Deluded

Byhenry April 10, 2007

A couple of weeks ago I made the mistake of trying to reply to a point in Plantinga’s review of The God Delusion, and got caught. The first commenter on that post suggested I should read the actual book “if only to be able to evaluate reviews of a different book going by the same…

Education | Education Policy | Politics

Blocking a Federal Education Grant

Byhenry December 21, 2009

While I know that some forms of determining merit pay for teachers can be unfair, in general I think tying pay to performance is an excellent, indeed necessary idea. Now the Florida Education Association is trying to block $700 million in grants from the federal government because it’s tied to incentive pay. Bad idea, I’d…

Creation and Evolution | Intelligent Design | Politics

ID = Intense Desperation?

Byhenry December 14, 2006

Or perhaps it had set in a long time ago. I hadn’t really meant to comment on the current uproar about the Discovery Institute’s apparent “discovery” that part of Judge Jones’s ruling in the Dover case came “almost verbatim” from the propose findings of fact from the plaintiff’s attorneys. I’m not an attorney, and I…

Creation and Evolution | Theistic Evolution

On the Processes of Science

Byhenry February 20, 2008

Dr. Tony has an excellent post on the processes of science, discussing some words like “theory” and “fact” and also talking about how one goes about doing science. This is from a general perspective, not just from biology or evolutionary theory. One of my favorite books on Evolution, What Evolution Is by Ernst Mayr, seems…

Intelligent Design | Politics | Science Education

Critical Thinking and the Attack on Judge Jones

Byhenry December 16, 2006

In my Bible Translations FAQ, I respond to a common question about Bible translation and about the NIV in particular. Let me quote my basic response first, and then I’ll discuss why I’m bringing this up now. No, this is not a post about Bible translation, though I’m going to use a translation issue as…

Creation and Evolution | Education | Education Policy | Intelligent Design | Science Education

Florida Academic Chaos Bill Advances

Byhenry April 8, 2008

The badly misnamed Academic Freedom Bill has advanced through the judiciary committee of the Florida senate. You can find an account of the event on the Florida Citizens for Science blog, and some additional commentary by Pete Dunkelberg on The Panda’s Thumb. Pete notes quite correctly that teachers are not prevented from presenting any scientific…

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