I was just watching this funny Youtube video when my mind wandered a little and a few random thoughts connected themselves.
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I was just watching this funny Youtube video when my mind wandered a little and a few random thoughts connected themselves. A few days ago I stumbled upon a web site which linked a video titled “The Scientific Case for Intelligent Design – Darwinism Debunked“. I didn’t have the time to watch it then so I put the link aside. Today I had a quiet afternoon and so I watched it. Below are my notes dissecting the video as it went. I’ve been trying to decide if I should post something about Global Warming (or Anthropogenic Global Climate Change AGCC – my preferred moniker) for a while now. Following a couple of posts by leading sceptic James Randi (see here and here) which cause a little bit of a storm amongst the sceptic community I thought I’d add my own twist on the matter (although I doubt it’ll cause even a ripple). According to this Poll, 54% of UK Adults support the teaching of Creationism alongside Evolution in science classes! GAH! [...] It’s quite common for Creotards and IDiots to argue that certain scientific theories break certain laws of physics. It’s an interesting attempt at an argument, using science to disprove science! I’ve been watching Channel 4′s Inside Natures Giants. It’s a fascinating series where a team of experts dissect some of the largest creatures on the planet. They have tackled a Whale, and Elephant, a Crocodile, and a Giraffe. The dissections were all undertaken primarily to understand why the particular individual animal died, but it also allowed us to see some of the amazing evolutionary adaptations that allows the animals to be what they are. Over at the Missing Universe Museum website (another Creation/ID website that can provide many many hours of entertainment) they have created an little Evolution Test which they propose students give to teachers to see how they react. As you can probably already imagine, the test is rather silly, and the questions posed are almost entirely rediculous. However I (as a non educator and non scientist) shall attempt to provide at least reasonably accurate answers. [...] RIVERSIDE, Calif. – How fast can evolution take place? In just a few years, according to a new study on guppies led by UC Riverside’s Swanne Gordon, a graduate student in biology. [...] What a surprise, the ‘Discovery Institute’ being dishonest, who would have thought it? [...] It’s an old question, and on the surface would seem easy to answer. As an Atheist, to me Atheism isn’t a religion. But I also don’t think it is quite that simple. [...] It’s quite common whilst reading creationist material for them to state that they have no problem with the idea of Microevolution. They’re quite happy with the idea that any given species will have small variations over time – i.e. Darwin’s Finches. But creationists have a major problem with accepting that Micro evolution, plus lots (and lots) of time leads to Macroevolution. They state that it’s impossible for one species to evolve into another species, no matter how many small variations you come up with. [...] Top 10 newly discovered species unveiled – Telegraph. Interesting list of new species that have now been examined, catalogued, and filed. It includes seahorses, snakes, fish, and a white slug. But the one that really caught my attention – Microbacterium hatanonis. A species of bacteria that lives on … Hairspray! OK creationists, explain that. [...] This Jesus and Mo comic made me giggle (as always), and spurred me into writing… One of the big calls from the US Creationist and ID movements (although we all know they’re basically one and the same) is the idea that with Evolution you need to
Now, on the surface of it that would seem a perfectly reasonable thing to do, which is precisely why CrIDiots™ use it. It does of course fall down in a couple of highly important respects. If you find yourself with about a month free, and feel like melting your brain, you could always pop over to http://www.jesus-is-savior.com – but I wouldn’t recommend it. But when you start reading some of that massive content, that’s when the brain melt will set in. It’s just a constant barrage of idiotic [...] It appears that some evolutionary biologists at the University of Colorado have been receiving death threats from some religious nutter. Apparently, which ever coward is issuing these threats, is so insecure in their own beliefs that they think that someone unrelated to their every day lives working in a field of science is so absolutely evil that they should die! |
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