Your Pseudoscience Beach Read: Creationist Infighting Edition
As Joe Laycock noted here on RD, another creation museum called the “Northwest Science Museum” recently opened in…
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Noah, Cosmos Controversies Not About Biblical Literalism
The Noah controversy has more to do whether or not Aronofsky approached the sacred text with the proper reverential attitude, placing himself under the authority of scriptural truth; Biblicism is the issue, not biblical literalism.
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Five Flood Stories You Didn’t Know About
The Flood story forces us to grapple with the deeply impersonal forces of the universe that are set against human civilization.
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Hobby Lobby Case Isn’t Really About Contraception
This “religious freedom” battle headed to the Supreme Court is largely about abortion, though it’s based on the US Catholic Bishops’ efforts to exploit a small gap in the science that’s long past.
Read MoreEvidence of Big Bang Discovered!
Why such a little bang?
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Does Multiverse Theory Bring Theology Into Science?
The 2500-year-old idea of the multiverse is a way to sidestep theology: if there are an infinite number of universes that take on all possible parameters throughout eternity, then we don’t have to appeal to a god to explain the bounty or harmony of the world around us.
Read MoreLatest Shroud of Turin Theory: Nuclear Emissions
Never mind the bollocks, shroudies push on.
Read MoreScience Denial Can’t be Cured by Education
A recent op-ed correctly compares the anti-science beliefs of creationists and the anti-vaccine movement, but the answer isn’t more facts.
Read MoreWhen the Science Guy Misses the Politics
On the Ham-Nye debate.
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Does NIH Head Francis Collins Believe in Intelligent Design?
In a recent article in the New Republic psychologist Paul Bloom charges that the evangelical scientist is using the same logic as those who push ID. Is he right?
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