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Antievolutionist Bingo

Submitted by Wesley R. Elsberry on Fri, 2009-02-20 16:48. Humor

Skeptico and TechSkeptic came up with a great idea, that of "Creationist Bingo". I'm taking that a step further and automating the creation of "antievolutionist bingo" cards. Each time you bring up this page, you will get a new card.

AntiEvolutionist Bingo
CH910. Relativity shows geocentrism is true.	CF001.5. Evolution needs an energy conversion mechanism to utilize energy.	CD610. The erosion rate of Niagara Falls' rim indicates a young earth.	CA005.2. Darwin's work refers to "preservation of favoured races".	CA012. Evolutionists are intellectual snobs.
CE011. Earth's rotation is slowing, indicating a young earth.	CB952. The evolution of specialized diets would not be adaptive.	CH135. The Bible specifies good medical and hygienic practices.	CA001. Evolution is the foundation of an immoral worldview.	CE020. An old earth would be covered by 182 feet of meteoric dust.
CA350. No gradual biochemical evolution models have been published.	CI301. The cosmos is fine-tuned to permit human life.	References an antievolutionist as an authority	CB601.2.3. Dark moths increased in s. Britain after pollution control began.	CB821. Phylogenetic analyses are inconsistent.
CD202. Sandstone and shale layers are too extensive for normal deposition.	CB811. Homologous structures are not produced by homologous genes.	CH511. Insects survived on floating vegetation mats.	CB200.5. The metabolic pathway for AMP synthesis is too complex to have evolved.	CA113. Quote mining
CH590. The Flood caused an ice age.	CA120. An evolved mind is fallible, its conclusions untrustworthy.	CE411. The speed of light has changed.	CB310. The bombardier beetle is too complex to have evolved.	CA640. Do you want to be descended from a monkey?

Each religious antievolutionist claim on the card links to the mainstream science responses collected by Mark Isaak in his excellent "Index to Creationist Claims". Be sure to check those out.

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The Unofficial University of Ediacara Pages

Submitted by Wesley R. Elsberry on Sat, 2009-02-07 11:29. Humor

The official home page of the University of Ediacara.

The University of Ediacara is the virtual university serving the talk.origins community. One of the main offshoots of the UoE is its virtual pub, the Panda's Thumb.

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Scientific Storkism

Submitted by Wesley R. Elsberry on Sat, 2009-02-07 11:22. Humor

Article 24657 of talk.origins:
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Scientific Storkism
Message-ID:
Date: 10 Apr 92 20:42:54 GMT
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Lines: 45

This hasn't been on for a while...

Ovulation versus cretinism

Two different theories exist concerning the origin of children: the theory of
sexual reproduction, and the theory of the stork. Many people believe in the
theory of sexual reproduction because they have been taught this theory
at school.

In reality, however, many of the world's leading scientists are in

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Antievolutionists Say the Darndest Things

Antievolutionists often express outrage over alleged incivility from those who oppose their efforts to evade the establishment clause of the First Amendment. But they have no difficulty in dishing out the abuse themselves. Here is a sample from the Invidious Comparisons thread that documents egregious behavior on the part of the religious antievolution advocates.

IDC advocate John Calvert:

One thing that Jack Krebs and I agree with is that Pratt can be likened to an outpost under siege in a cultural war.

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My wife and I just returned from a trip to Belgium. We visited Bastogne where a few brave Americans of the 101st Airborne Division were surrounded by the German Army during the battle of the bulge. The German attack was led by a crack SS unit that took no prisoners.

What were we fighting against in Bastogne? We were fighting against a Nazi regime that used the philosophy of Naturalism to justify a eugenics program of terrifying proportions. Naturalism is the belief that all phenomena result only from the laws of chemistry and physics and that teleological or design explanations are not valid. Naturalism is not science. It is a belief system.

In the same manner, the defenders in Pratt are fighting against Naturalism, although they may not realize it. Rather than fighting against science, they are actually fighting for science. They are fighting for science that is driven by logic and critical thinking rather than by a philosophy that teaches to the exclusion of all other teachings that we are the products of only chance and necessity. They are fighting for science that is driven by the scientific method rather than science that is driven by a philosophy of Naturalism.

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Rather than using logic and good science to support its assault on the brave contingent in Pratt, the KCFS is using tactics one would expect from those that besieged Bastogne: scare tactics, misinformation and no substantive discussion of the real issues.

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So, we are back looking at Pratt as the bombs fall. The question is whether the Board and the Community will be supported by the rest of us as they have had the guts that General McAullife and the other brave Americans had that cold winter day in Bastogne 54 years ago. McAullife's reply was very simple when asked to surrender: "Nuts!" McAullife and the 101st were subsequently relieved by elements of Patton's Third Army. In the same way we all need to rise up and put our hands together for the Pratt Board and Pratt Citizens that have just characterized the outrageous censorship by the science establishment as "Nuts!"

Pro-Science Sites

The TalkOrigins Archive: Mainstream science answers to antievolution arguments.
TalkDesign.org: Mainstream science answers to "intelligent design" arguments.
National Center for Science Education: Non-profit organization to defend the teaching of evolution in public schools.
Understanding Evolution: UCMP/NCSE site for science education in evolution.
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