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On AlterNet: creationism

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "creationism"

Washed-Up Actor Leads Cause to Distribute Christianized Version of Darwin's Evolution Theory

Washed-Up Actor Leads Cause to Distribute Christianized Version of Darwin's Evolution Theory

Randy Olson, Island Press. October 29, 2009.
Attempting to subvert the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking 'Origin of the Species,' 50,000 copies will be handed out.

Is Darwin Film

Is Darwin Film "Creation" Too Controversial for American Audiences?

Steven Guess, Comment Is Free. September 23, 2009.
Only 39 percent of Americans believe in evolution. How long can we protect our mythologies?

Christian Fundamentalists Hawk Crackpot Theories With Dinosaur Robots

Christian Fundamentalists Hawk Crackpot Theories With Dinosaur Robots

Brook Wilensky-Lanford, The Faster Times. August 31, 2009.
Creationist theme parks are filled with paleontological wonders. How do Christian fundamentalists reconcile creatures millions of years old with their Young Earth ideas?

Looking for Some Fun for the Kids? Try Building Your Own 'Museum of Creationism'

Looking for Some Fun for the Kids? Try Building Your Own 'Museum of Creationism'

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. August 14, 2009.
A wholesome activity for the whole family!

An Evolutionary Biologist Visits the

An Evolutionary Biologist Visits the "Creationism Museum"

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. August 11, 2009.
Where guards are ready with tasers to suppress criticism of the museum's loony ideas.

Loch Ness Monster: Smoking Gun in Fundies' Case Against Evolution?

Loch Ness Monster: Smoking Gun in Fundies' Case Against Evolution?

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. August 2, 2009.
It is one that school officials in the UK find compelling.

Birther Whack Jobs: Citizens of Idiot America

Birther Whack Jobs: Citizens of Idiot America

Dan Kennedy, Comment Is Free. July 30, 2009.
Join MoveOn's fight take on Lou Dobbs and put this paranoid and racist movement to an end.

Intelligent Design's Latest Sneaky Assault on Science

Intelligent Design's Latest Sneaky Assault on Science

Matt Zeitlin, Campus Progress. July 22, 2009.
One of the architects behind the unscientific intelligent design movement is finding success in referencing its greatest enemy: Charles Darwin.

Old Fossil Takes On Darwin

Old Fossil Takes On Darwin

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. July 2, 2009.
The old fossil is Pat Buchanan, who has published a freakishly antiquated diatribe against Darwin.

Adam and Eve Did What? A Visit to the Creationism Museum Makes Scientists Laugh, Cry

Adam and Eve Did What? A Visit to the Creationism Museum Makes Scientists Laugh, Cry

AFPJuly 2, 2009.
The museum argues, among other things, that war, famine and natural disasters are to blame on belief in evolution.

BBC Spreads Creationism Myths

BBC Spreads Creationism Myths

PZ Myers, AlterNet: PEEK. June 15, 2009.
A BBC article takes the creationist "museum" way too seriously.

Did You Know that Bobby Jindal Is an Exorcist? (Seriously)

Did You Know that Bobby Jindal Is an Exorcist? (Seriously)

tristero, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. February 25, 2009.
"Jindal narrated a bizarre story of a personal encounter with a demon, in which he participated in an exorcism with a group of college friends."

Creationism: The Very Bad Idea That Just Won't Die

Creationism: The Very Bad Idea That Just Won't Die

tristero, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. January 28, 2009.
How can defenders of creationism can get so much so utterly wrong?

Elizabeth Hasselbeck Uses Handbags to Prove God's Existence (Seriously)

Elizabeth Hasselbeck Uses Handbags to Prove God's Existence (Seriously)

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: Media and Technology. December 15, 2008.
'Really cool handbags and shoes have, like, designers, so really cool people must have a designer, too, even greater than Gucci and Prada.'

Palin Claimed Dinosaurs and People Coexisted

Palin Claimed Dinosaurs and People Coexisted

Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. September 30, 2008.
"I need to know if she really thinks that dinosaurs were here 4000 years ago ... because she's gonna have the nuclear codes."

Sarah Palin's Creationism Will Rape the Environment

Sarah Palin's Creationism Will Rape the Environment

Chip Ward, Tomdispatch.com. September 22, 2008.
The Bush admin has been a nightmare for the environment -- and the nomination of Palin is an insurance policy taken out on its continuation.

Sarah Palin's Big Bad Creationism

Sarah Palin's Big Bad Creationism

Nathan Schneider, AlterNet. September 9, 2008.
People are whispering that McCain's VP pick doesn't believe in evolution. But how much would this really affect policy?

Creationism: A House of Lies Founded on Even More Lies

Creationism: A House of Lies Founded on Even More Lies

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. August 7, 2008.
The works of creationists like "Dr." Ron Carlson sometimes cross the line between preposterous and downright offensive.

Despite Overwhelming Evidence, Creationists Cling to Unreality

Despite Overwhelming Evidence, Creationists Cling to Unreality

Nathan Schneider, AlterNet. July 31, 2008.
Battling creationists will not fix science education. Teaching science will.

Joining GOP's Bold March Backwards, Bobby Jindal & Louisiania Democrats Pass

Joining GOP's Bold March Backwards, Bobby Jindal & Louisiania Democrats Pass "Stealth Creationism" Education Bill

Bruce Wilson, Talk To Action AlterNet: PEEK. June 27, 2008.
Law Will Allow Insertion Of Religion, Posing As Science, Into Public School Science Class Discussions On Evolution, cloning and global warming.

What Happens When a School Board of Religious Zealots Will 'Lie for Jesus'?

What Happens When a School Board of Religious Zealots Will 'Lie for Jesus'?

Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet. June 20, 2008.
Lauri Lebo, author of Devil in Dover, gives an insider's account of a historic court battle about dogma and Darwin in small-town America.

Christian Evangelicals Go Green

Christian Evangelicals Go Green

Tala Dowlatshahi, American News Project AlterNet: Video. June 11, 2008.
Concern about the state of God's earth may could make many believers vote Democratic in 2008.

16% of Biology Teachers are Young Earth Creationists

16% of Biology Teachers are Young Earth Creationists

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. May 21, 2008.
For a significant portion of American biology teachers, evolution takes a back seat to the Bible.

The Missing Link in Creationism

The Missing Link in Creationism

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. December 10, 2007.
How can social conservatives deny Darwin's theory of evolution while espousing social Darwinism?

What If God Tells You Your Blender Is Evil?

Bruce Wilson, AlterNet: Video. April 25, 2007.
Bruce Wilson: As Christian Right Leverages PR, Magical Reality Displaces Science.