Happy Darwin Day!

[BrianDamage]

Celebrating the 204th birthday of Charles Darwin.

Happy Darwin Day! Celebrate and be condemned to eternal damnation.

 

[ARMCX1]

Likewise and thanks for the link from Slate. It worth keeping the many political attacks launched against evolution being part of the public school K-12 science curriculum in mind.

 

[LeRoy_Was_Here]

From your link: we should disregard isotope dating, fossil records, genetic sequencing, geologic time, developmental biology, plate tectonics, disease resistance, and the rest of modern science because who can really know if they’re accurate?

LeRoy: That's pretty funny.

And it's pretty amazing that Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the same DATE in history, February 12, 1809. Perhaps God was smiling down on the Earth that day.

 

[ARMCX1]

If Ham’s decaying empire is any indication, Americans are rejecting his false choice between blind faith and wretched immorality. But on Darwin Day, it’s worth remembering that Ham and his acolytes are dedicated to undermining our country’s commitment to sound science. Every day in a small museum in Kentucky, a few hundred adults and children stare at a diorama of Adam sitting next to a placid dinosaur. If Ham had his way, schoolchildren across the country would see this image every day, and they’d never be taught the true diversity, complexity, and drama of the evolution of life. That’s a future that celebrants of Darwin Day are fighting. It’s not a losing battle by any means. But it hasn’t been won yet, either.

From the Slate article describing the effort of creationists to undermine the science in science class.

 

[BrianDamage]

From the Slate article describing the effort of creationists to undermine the science in science class.

Because destroying what made us the most scientifically advanced society on Earth is the only way to restore us to to the glory of being the most theologically conservative nation on Earth.

 

[ARMCX1]

Ever been to Saudi Arabia?

 

[LeRoy_Was_Here]

Ever been to Saudi Arabia?

That's a valid rejoinder. But, among the industrialized nations of this planet, there is only ONE society more scientifically illiterate than America (according to a recent international study of scientific literacy). And that would be Islamic Turkey.

That is not a healthy trend, considering that it was the science-based, knowledge-intensive industries that really created the great American middle class.

 

[fairsheet]

I didn't even know there WAS a "Darwin Day". Oh well, I imagine its meaning and import have evolved over time.

 

[LeRoy_Was_Here]

I didn't even know there WAS a "Darwin Day". Oh well, I imagine its meaning and import have evolved over time.

Yup. Creationism has evolved over time, too. Imagine that!!

 

[NightSwimmer]

Ironic, that.