One has to wonder how creationists can maintain their beliefs during a pandemic where the virus is clearly evolving to improve its ability to infect people and avoid immune system responses. It’s like watching Darwin in action every day. What sort of cognitive dissonance is necessary to believe in creationism
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Scripturient: Are Creationists Gaining More Sway?
A recent survey by Research Co. and Glacier Media shows a deeply disturbing trend in Canadians: we seem to be getting increasingly stupid. While this survey didn’t get the media coverage that other current events received (and hasn’t even been hinted at in local media, but no surprises there), I
Continue readingScripturient: Natural selection simplified
I was startled by the simplicity of the forumla. Stephen Jay Gould, the late eminent paleontologist, biologist and historian of science, summed up Darwin’s basic theory of natural selection so eloquently and so succinctly that it rocked me back on my heels. It was something even a diehard creationist could
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Evolution, Is Not A Debate.
I’m glad we’re at a point were we can confidently make statements like the poster. Now we just need to catch up in other areas of biology and life will be good. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Evolution, The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice
Continue readingThe Political Road Map: Oh Canada, Our Canada!
Canada has just turned 150 years old and while this is a milestone worthy of great celebration, it is important to remember that our country is actually much older. As we look at the past 150 years, many Canadians have different interpretations on what exactly it has meant. The truth
Continue readingThe Political Road Map: The Religious Left – Mathew 22:21
It is the evening of Thursday February 16th and at midnight I will begin the celebration of my 3rd decade on this planet. While I look to the future with caution, I cannot help but look toward the past and see how much I have changed along with my surroundings.
Continue readingThe Political Road Map: The Religious Left – Mathew 22:21
It is the evening of Thursday February 16th and at midnight I will begin the celebration of my 3rd decade on this planet. While I look to the future with caution, I cannot help but look toward the past and see how much I have changed along with my surroundings.
Continue readingScripturient: Fake Ark, Fake Religion
Well, it finally opened: the $100 million-dollar Noah’s Ark theme park in Kentucky that features an allegedly life-size model of the mythological boat described in the Bible. It’s 510 feet (155.4m) long, 85 feet (26m) wide, more than three …
Continue readingScripturient: The Rational Gods of Iceland
While 61% of Icelanders say they believe in God, according to a recent poll, absolutely none under the age of 25 believe that their personal hairy thunderer created the world: Less than half of Icelanders claim they are religious and more than 40% of…
Continue readingLeDaro: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE, THE UNIVERSE & EVERYTHING!?
What if evolution looks like this.Sounds reasonable.
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: E-FLAP #000010 – Joshua Attempts Science/Science, Again
Well Joshua is back with his second installment of "How Conservatives Can Reclaim Science", and still no science. When I first read Joshua’s second article I didn’t think much of it, for he had very little to say about science. Then after a second, more careful reading, I realized I was mistaken and there is much to dissect. So what can we learn from his second installment? Well we find out
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: E-FLAP #000010 – Joshua Attempts Science/Science, Again
Well Joshua is back with his second installment of “How Conservatives Can Reclaim Science”, and still no science. When I first read Joshua’s second article I didn’t think much of it, for he had very little to say about science. Then after a second, more careful reading, I realized I
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: E-FLAP #000010 – Joshua Attempts Science/Science, Again
Well Joshua is back with his second installment of "How Conservatives Can Reclaim Science", and still no science. When I first read Joshua’s second article I didn’t think much of it, for he had very little to say about science. Then after a second, more careful reading, I realized I was mistaken and there is much to dissect. So what can we learn from his second installment? Well we find out
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: And I Am Back
It has been years since I blogged, I have been generally been using FaceBook and the twitters, but I have been finding that these are limited and I need a more organized approached to keep things,… well organized. So I talked to Scott at the Progressive Bloggers about rejoining again
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: BCLSB Exclusive: James Lunney’s Principles Of Evolution
CPC MP James Lunney has quit the party so as to more freely pursue and elaborate his own theory of biological change. He spoke in the HOC yesterday afternoon, but was rudely cut off before he could fully state his beliefs. However, an opposition “source” found the full text of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Could It Be A Virus?
Stupidity, it has been said, is contagious, and one has to wonder whether a particularly virulent virus is running through the Conservative tent these days. First there was Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Rick Nicholls suggesting that evolution shouldn’t be taught in schools, as he doesn’t believe in it. Now comes
Continue readingTrashy's World: Essential job requirements to be a CPC or OPC Minister…
1. Publicly state that evolution should not be taught in schools… Check 2. Tweet to the world that evolution should not be considered a “fact”. Check 3. Make slanderdous and way-over-top statements about Ontario’s school cirriculum Check Yup. And add in the: – mandatory climate-change denying blathering; – Jenny
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Too Good Not too Share
Although I’m not sure that the benighted Progressive Conservative MPP Rick Nicholls will completely get it: H/t The Toronto Star Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Worrisome Trend
Thursday’s post lamented the fact that opinion and personal beliefs are increasingly being regarded as legitimate challenges to facts. As was noted, accepting the facts of evolution and climate change are now often presented as a matter of choice. If the signs are any indication, these worrisome affronts to critical
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