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If this isn't good for a laugh, I don't know what is. "Evolution" is a dread word for more than just a handful of backwoods schools in America's Bible belt. "Many schools don't use the 'e' word," says Lawrence Lerner, emeritus professor of physics at California State University, Long Beach. In its place, he says, are misleading euphemisms such as "change over time" and "variation". (bold not present in original) SourceHe left one out: "Change in allele frequencies". I believe allele frequencies change, and I have informed evolutionists that I believe it; yet they don't consider me an evolutionist. They dismiss the suggestion without a moment's thought. The response has been universal, so far. It just makes them angry.
Dark Matter + Dark Energy = Dark Truth"We find that such evidence demonstrates that the ID argument is dependent upon setting a scientifically unreasonable burden of proof for the theory of evolution." - Judge Jones Kitzmiller case http://www.talkreason.org/articles/Falsify.cfm"To Compel A Man To Furnish Funds For The Propagation Of Ideas He Disbelieves And Abhors Is Sinful And Tyrannical." - Thomas Jefferson "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath?" - Thomas Jefferson
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Some may catch the funny part of this one too, from the same source. To avoid falling foul of the ban on classroom preaching, they are at pains to distance themselves from the religious implications of their position. But there is no doubt about their ultimate agenda, Lerner says. Lurking behind the theory is the familiar "God of the Protestant Bible", he says, noting that Johnson and Behe make no bones about their evangelical Christian faith and devout Catholicism, respectively. So "devout Catholicism" makes one a biblical creationist? And note that it's the familiar "God of the Protestant Bible" which the "devout Catholicism" is allegedly pushing. These jokers put no effort or thought into their double-talk. They're just out to appeal to emotional, simple-minded types who lack the confidence to think for themselves.
Dark Matter + Dark Energy = Dark Truth"We find that such evidence demonstrates that the ID argument is dependent upon setting a scientifically unreasonable burden of proof for the theory of evolution." - Judge Jones Kitzmiller case http://www.talkreason.org/articles/Falsify.cfm"To Compel A Man To Furnish Funds For The Propagation Of Ideas He Disbelieves And Abhors Is Sinful And Tyrannical." - Thomas Jefferson "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath?" - Thomas Jefferson
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It just won't quit. In fact, the momentum of creationist campaigns - bankrolled by well-heeled think-tanks such as the Institute for Creation Research, which commands a war chest of more than $5 million (£3.5 million) - is such that it needs little outside impetus. This means that US scientists have scant prospect of relief from the educational repercussions of a debate that most think should have been consigned to the history books decades ago. So how much have the Carnagie and Rockefeller organizations (not to mention the other robber baron trusts) pumped into promoting evolutionism? Oh, I don't mean altogether. How much in just the last year? Does anyone on the planet think $5 million would even measure on the same chart? How much do they have available in their "war chests"? Hmmmmm ? Oh yeah - we're not supposed to be thinking...
Dark Matter + Dark Energy = Dark Truth"We find that such evidence demonstrates that the ID argument is dependent upon setting a scientifically unreasonable burden of proof for the theory of evolution." - Judge Jones Kitzmiller case http://www.talkreason.org/articles/Falsify.cfm"To Compel A Man To Furnish Funds For The Propagation Of Ideas He Disbelieves And Abhors Is Sinful And Tyrannical." - Thomas Jefferson "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath?" - Thomas Jefferson
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